Met Police chief ‘shocked’ by planned Palestine Action protest in London
The Metropolitan Police Chief said that on Monday, a protest planned to support the Palestinian action in London was “shock and angry”.
Although the commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has the right to protest, “actions that support such a group go beyond those who will see the most as a legitimate protest.”
It is understood that the Minister of the Interior had prepared a written statement to put the group in front of the parliament on Monday to ban the group and effectively branded as a terrorist organization.
On Friday, Palestinian action activists entered the Raf Brize Norton in Oxfordshire and sprayed two military planes to protest the support of Britain through the war in Gaza.
The protest in the center of London is supported by 35 groups, including other Palestinian groups, Stop The War Coalition, Cage and Muslim Participation and Development (Mend).
Describing the Palestinian action as a “an organized pro -excessive crime group”, Sir Mark said that Met has no legal power to prevent protest until the group was banned.
“However, the violations of the law will be handled firmly,” he said, “However, we have the power to bring conditions to prevent serious disruptions to the society.”
Public order law conditions were applied by the Metropolitan Police upon protest.
This means that the protest can only be between 12:00 and 15:00 and cannot be collected in the “exclusion zone” covering most of the protesters – from Millbank to Whitehall.
In X, the Palestinian action confirmed that the protest would take place at 12:00 outside the exclusion zone.
In an earlier article on social media, the Palestinian action “political organization is called ‘terrorists’, while they play the worst crimes against humanity,” he said.
Saeed Taji Faroeky, one of the members of the group, He told BBC on Saturday It was “ridiculous” that the government planned to ban the group.
He said that the movement “British democracy and the rule of law disintegrates the basic concepts” and added: “This is something everyone should be afraid of.”
The Palestinian action has carried out activities aimed at targeted weapons companies since the beginning of the current war in Gaza, and the group claimed to be responsible for the foreseeing a US military aircraft in Ireland in May.
Mr. Farouky, the group “all the reason for the existence of the material supply chain to break the genocide” and Friday’s incident “rise in tactics because the genocide increased,” he said.
Israel strongly rejected the allegations of genocide about the ongoing war in Gaza.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer described the event in the shelf Brize Norton as “shameful”. Anti -terrorist police are investigating entering the base.
The Palestinian action was welcomed by some of Westminster, including former Minister of Interior Suella Braverman, who said it was “absolutely the right decision”.
Others reacted critically, including the independent deputy Zarah Sultan, who remembered the protests against the 2003 War in Iraq: “One million people walked against the illegal war in Iraq and they are right. Now the same scenario is playing again.”
International Amnesty International said on Friday that “he is deeply worried about the use of anti -terrorism forces to target protests,” he said.
Human Rights Activist and Labor Party Barones Shami Chakrabarti said that the International Amnesty International banning group would be a “serious step” and “a very distant increase”.
The BBC Radio 4 said that the TODAY program is concerned that anyone who participated in the meetings or who is relaxed with the group, including those who support the organization, may face criminal charges if they are banned.
Israel organized regular protests in London because it launched a military campaign to destroy Hamas in response to the cross -border attack on October 7, 2023 and launched a military campaign where approximately 1,200 people were killed and 251 people were hostage.
According to the Ministry of Health, operated by Hamas in the region, more than 55,000 people have been killed in Gaza, including more than 15,000 children since then.
