THE organiser of this weekend’s Armistice Day anti-Israel march worked for Sir Keir Starmer until this week, The Sun can reveal. Ben Soffa is the Secretary of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, who…
THE organiser of this weekend’s Armistice Day anti-Israel march worked for Sir Keir Starmer until this week, The Sun can reveal.against Israel’s response to the October 7 atrocities for a month, with Soffa listed as a director of the group since 2013.
Cops last night said they have made 188 arrests “involving hate crimes or linked to protests in London” since the October 7 attack., the Manchester PSC branch hailed it as a "heroic move" by "freedom fighters" that "gave us all a glimpse of a liberated Palestine."a ceasefire in Gaza. Last night a Labour source said: "We're grateful to Ben for all his work for the party and wish him all the best for the future."today met with Met chief Sir Mark Rowley and said he would be held "accountable" if violence breaks out at Saturday's demonstration."And the test of that freedom is whether our commitment to it can survive the discomfort and frustration of those who seek to use it, even if we disagree with them.
"There remains the risk of those who seek to divide society using this weekend as a platform to do so. That is what I discussed with the Metropolitan Police Commissioner in our meeting. "The commissioner has committed to keep the Met Police's posture under constant review based on the latest intelligence about the nature of the protests."
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