© Reuters. Demonstrators march towards the rise of antisemitism within the UK, throughout a brief truce between the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and Israel, in London, Britain November 26, 2023. REUTERS/Susannah Eire
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LONDON (Reuters) – 1000’s of demonstrators towards antisemitism marched in London on Sunday to protest towards an increase in hate crimes towards Jews for the reason that assault by Hamas militants on Israel in October and Israel’s subsequent bombardment of Gaza.
Protestors carried placards with the message “Shoulder to shoulder with British Jews” and “Zero tolerance for anti-Semites.” Others confirmed the faces of Israeli hostages held by Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Some individuals sang in Hebrew whereas others chanted “Bring them home” in reference to the hostages.
London’s Metropolitan Police acquired experiences of 554 antisemitic offences between Oct. 1 and Nov. 1, up from 44 a 12 months earlier, a greater than 10-fold enhance. Reviews of Islamophobic offences virtually tripled to 220 throughout the identical interval.
Police arrested a far-right activist, Tommy Robinson, at first of Sunday’s march after he refused to depart the world on the request of cops.
Organisers of the demonstration had requested Robinson to not attend due to the misery his presence was prone to trigger.
Sunday’s march befell a day after a contemporary demonstration within the British capital by pro-Palestinian protestors calling for a everlasting ceasefire within the Gaza Strip.
Police estimated 45,000 individuals marched within the demonstration on Saturday. They didn’t instantly have an estimate for the dimensions of Sunday’s march.
