A controversial Iran-linked march due to take place in London this weekend should not go ahead, a government minister has said.
Courts minister Sarah Sackman argued "hate" at demonstrations like the planned Al-Quds Day rally on Sunday "has no place in our society".
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has been urged to ban the annual protest this year, which has previously been accused of platforming antisemitic abuse and extremist rhetoric.
Organisers have claimed the event, which is in support of Palestinians, is peaceful.
However, Labour MPs and peers have described it as a “hate march” and accused organisers of having links to Iran and extremism.
Ms Sackman told Times Radio it was ultimately up to the Home Secretary and police to decide whether the rally should be banned.
"I'm clear that hate on marches like the Al-Quds march has no place in British society and the authorities and the police should take the enforcement action needed against these marches,” she said.
She added: "I think these sorts of marches have no place in our society. It's for the home secretary and the police working together to take that decision."
"I don't want to see marches and the views expressed in this go ahead. The decision's not for me, but I've made my views very clear. This sort of thing has no place in our society."
The 2026 Al-Quds London rally on March 15 is organised by the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), a campaign group which has condemned the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, in a US-Israeli air strike.
Thousands of attendees are set to to go through Westminster to Downing Street.
An organiser of the march, Massoud Shadjareh, shouted “we are all Iranian” in front of a placard of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a video promoting the event.
The Al Quds march, named after the Arabic word for Jerusalem, is held annually in London, Berlin, parts of the Middle East and United States as a way to express support for Palestine and opposition to Israel.
It was first held in Iran in 1979 by former Iran Supreme leader Ruhollah Khomeini after the Iranian Revolution, before expanding across the world.
For more than a decade, it has riled tensions between political groups, politicians and protesters in the capital, with many calling for a ban.
