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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Devlin and Archie Mitchell

Starmer urges students to halt pro-Palestine protests and remember ‘heinous’ October 7 attacks instead

Sir Keir Starmer has urged students not to attend pro-Palestine protests on the second anniversary of the “heinous” October 7 terror attacks on Israel and just days after two people were killed at a synagogue in Manchester.

Hundreds were arrested at a Palestine Action demonstration in London on Saturday, which went ahead despite calls from Sir Keir and others in the wake of the attack on British soil, leading Amnesty International to say it should not be the job of police to arrest people “peacefully sitting down”.

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