Police ask for protest against Palestine Action ban to be postponed after Manchester attack

Defend Our Juries told police: ‘We urge you to choose to prioritise protecting the community, rather than arresting those peacefully holding signs.’ Photograph: Gary Calton/The Guardian

Police have asked organisers of a mass protest against the ban on Palestine Action to postpone it so that resources can be used to protect Jewish and Muslim communities after the terror attack at a Manchester synagogue.

Defend Our Juries, which has been organising the protests in London, said it intended to go ahead with its action on Saturday and it urged the police to focus on protecting those communities fearing reprisals or follow-up terror attacks.