PM warned not to stir up fear of peace demos

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Protesters during a National March for Palestine in central London, January 13, 2024

JEWISH campaigners accused the government of exploiting fear for its own political purposes today.

The backlash came after the government’s counter-extremism commissioner said London has become a “no-go zone for Jews” during weekend pro-Palestinian marches. Around 145,000 Jews live in the city.

Robin Simcox, previously a Margaret Thatcher fellow at the neo-conservative Heritage Foundation, said protests were “becoming ever more vociferous” in an article in the Daily Telegraph.

He said that the government had “more power to tackle extremism than it sometimes thinks” and that it should “move faster, be bolder and be willing to accept higher legal risk if it means implementing policies that keep us safer.”

In response, Downing Street said Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was taking the concerns “extremely seriously.”

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/pm-warned-not-to-stir-up-fear-of-peace-demos

dizzy: Football or rugby matches are also no-go zones on weekends for others. It’s a matter of simply staying out of the way of huge numbers, not applying apartheid by banning sporting events at the behest of a privileged class.

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