The Metropolitan Police announced on Thursday night that chanting “From the river to the sea Palestine will be free” during mass protests was not a crime after the words were projected onto Big Ben’s clock tower. .
“This is a chant that has been frequently heard at pro-Palestinian demonstrations over the years and we are very aware of the strength of sentiment against it,” police said on social media.
“While there are scenarios in which it may be illegal to say or use these words in certain places or situations, their use in wider public protests, such as last night, is not a crime.”
Police responded with an Was. Mr Rose said that the police had allowed this to happen, encapsulating the “pathetic state of Britain”.
“Last night we heard reports that Labor MPs felt threatened by pro-Palestinian mobs, while chants of genocide against Jews were projected onto Big Ben,” Rose wrote.
voting causes confusion
The House of Commons vote descended into chaos on Wednesday, with Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle saying he prioritized Labour’s amendment over the original, more denounced Scottish National Party motion due to security concerns. .
Conservative MP Andrew Percy told parliament on Thursday that if the vote were to be reconsidered, MPs would “not vote wholeheartedly because they are scared and scared”.
“I felt safer in Israel than in this country at this time,” said Percy, who visited Israel last week and met survivors and victims.
Mr Percy said that while police stood by, no action was taken against street demonstrators demanding the death of Jews and demanding jihad and intifada, creating a threatening environment on Britain’s streets. He said that Percy described the projection onto Big Ben as a call for genocide: “Jews are not welcome in the State of Israel or in its land.”
The chant calls for the establishment of a Palestinian state between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, where Israel currently resides, and many, including British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, have called this a call to destroy the Jewish state. I believe that.
According to Jewish News, Sunak said in January that those chanting “from river to sea” were “either useful idiots who don’t understand what they’re talking about, or worse, wipe the Jewish state off the map.” “It’s either the people who are doing it,” he said. ”
Other messages such as “Stop the bomb” and “Ceasefire now” are also circulating on the clock tower’s projections.