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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Daniel Boffey and Vikram Dodd

Counterprotest groups plan to confront pro-Palestine marchers, say Met police

Police in the foreground of a pro-Palestinian march
Organisers of Saturday’s protest said there were likely to be half a million people, but the Metropolitan police is expecting about 100,000. Photograph: Guy Bell/Shutterstock

Large groups are preparing to travel to London to “confront” a pro-Palestine march on Armistice Day that organisers predict will be one of the biggest demonstrations ever seen in Britain, the Metropolitan police has said.

As many as half a million people who want a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas could take to the streets on Saturday, the coalition of organisers of the march have claimed, prompting a mobilisation of 1,850 police officers.

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