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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Ben Quinn

Home secretary calls Gaza protests in wake of Manchester attack ‘un-British’

Shabana Mahmood standing in front of a throng of microphones
Shabana Mahmood speaking to the media as she visited the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester on Thursday. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Protests calling for an end to the war in Gaza after Thursday’s deadly attack on a synagogue in Manchester were “fundamentally un-British”, the home secretary said as she called for other demonstrations this weekend to be called off.

Shabana Mahmood also said she would appeal to anyone thinking of going to one to pause and think how they would feel if a loved one was murdered on the holiest day of the year in their faith.

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