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London's Met Police block Palestine march after chief rabbi and MPs intervene (www.middleeasteye.net)

submitted 1 week ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/uk_politics

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The Metropolitan Police has blocked a pro-Palestine coalition from marching in London from the BBC headquarters to Whitehall on Saturday 18 January.

Officials previously approved the route proposed by the activists in November but reversed course after political pressure.

Pro-Israel groups, MPs and peers reportedly urged Met Commissioner Mark Rowley to order the rally to be rerouted.

An organiser of the march told Middle East Eye that the police informed them in December that Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis had made representations to them. The rabbi has consistently endorsed Israel's war on Gaza and slammed the British government for its partial ban on arms exports to Israel in September.

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[–] Mrkawfee 7 points 1 week ago

Wanker. Zionists would rather crush our freedoms than see their pet genocidal state face criticism