Tom Tugendhat, the security minister and a veteran who served in Afghanistan and Iraq , today called the protests 'inappropriate' and said he had written to the Mayor of London to ask him to consider the 'options available'.
The Metropolitan Police today vowed to use 'all its powers' to stop pro-Palestine protesters disrupting Armistice Day commemorations - as senior Tories called on Sadiq Khan to get a grip on the 'tense' situation.
It comes amid broader concerns about the antisemitic slogans being used at pro-Palestine protests, with Israeli ambassador Tzipi Hotovely saying 'jihad ideology' had left London feeling less safe for Jews than wartime Israel. Protesters clash with police during a demonstration on Whitehall on October 28. Saturday has been the main day for pro-Palestine marches in London and across the UK
Today, the Met said officers will be deployed across the capital over remembrance weekend as part of a 'significant policing and security operation'. Mr Tugendhat added: 'It is a moment where we remember those we lost, and I think for the whole country the Cenotaph is sacred ground and the idea that on a day like Remembrance Day you would have a protest going past it, I don't think that is acceptable.
Londoners have taken to social media to describe a 'tense' atmosphere in the capital as the conflict in the Middle East reverberates in the UK. 'The Met is creating the conditions in which not only London's Jews but all Londoners could be placed in serious danger. Extremists rarely limit themselves to extreme language. We need action by the authorities responsible for keeping Britain safe.'
The high-profile Remembrance Sunday outdoor service at the Cenotaph is attended by royals, senior politicians and veterans each year, and is a poignant tribute to those who lost their lives in conflict. Friends of Al-Aqsa is preparing to bus protesters from Leicester to London on the Saturday and said it expected hundreds of thousands of people to take part in the demonstration organised by a coalition of groups.
'We need a million people on the streets of London on Sat 11th Nov! From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!' Police made around 70 arrests at the protests and almost 100 more for hate crimes, with anti-Jewish hate crime up 14-fold and anti-Muslim hate crime up threefold on last year, he said.
'It's not possible to support this type of repulsive actions against human beings. People find it hard to understand that an ideology like this exists. She said: 'Since those demonstrations started, I keep getting WhatsApp messages from friends in Israel. They ask me, do you feel safe there? Do Jews feel safe?
The anti-Israeli backlash in London has seen posters bearing the photos of kidnap victims torn down from walls across the capital. This group were seen in Leicester Square last month Crowds gathered near the Golden Jubilee Bridge holding signs saying 'Gaza, stop the massacre' and 'Free Palestine, end Israeli occupation'.
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