Organisers of a major pro-Palestine protest this weekend have defied pressure to call it off in the wake of the terror attack at a Manchester synagogue. Sir Keir Starmer urged protesters to “respect the grief of British Jews” as a row over the demonstration intensified.
Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley asked organisers to cancel Saturday's event in support of Palestine Action, warning it would escalate tensions and will pull police resources away from communities “at a time when they are needed most”.
