Hundreds of British Jews have signed a letter condemning the Metropolitan Police’s attempt to ban a Palestine march on spurious antisemitism grounds.
A Palestine demonstration focused on the BBC’s complicity in the Gaza genocide is planned for Saturday 18 January, starting at BBC Broadcasting House on Portland Place, west London. However on Thursday, the Met imposed a ban on marches gathering in Portland Place and the surrounding area, claiming that the march will seriously disrupt nearby synagogues and businesses.
On Monday, over 720 British Jews – which include professors Lynne Segal and Jacqueline Rose, lawyers Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC and Sir Stephen Sedley KC and two Holocaust survivors – claimed that the marches pose “no threat to Jews”, “thousands” of whom join them each week.,…..more
