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Britain's Home Secretary conveyed disappointment that pro-Palestinian protests proceeded on Thursday after the terror attack that took the lives of two men near a synagogue in the city of Manchester.

The home secretary additionally called on demonstrators to "step back" from plans to stage marches in the coming days.

"I believe that continuing in this manner does feel un-British, it seems wrong," she stated concerning demonstrations arranged for this weekend.

Protesters in downtown London protesting the Israel's naval forces stopping a aid convoy carrying aid to the Gaza Strip had confrontations with police officers outside Downing Street on Thursday evening.

Large crowds carrying Palestinian flags and placards could be spotted on the government district into the night.

London's police force stated that 40 people had been arrested. A half-dozen of those arrested were arrested for assaults on law enforcement personnel.

"It's crucial to draw a line between events unfolding in the Middle Eastern region and what is happening at home," the home secretary remarked on a morning news program on Friday.

"I would advise to individuals who are considering to join a protest is to pause and reflect for a minute, and think about if you had lost a close relative to a terrorist incident in this nation," she added.

There were "strong" measures to safeguard the freedom to protest, she stated, but they could be overridden on the advice of the law enforcement.

"I can follow guidance from the law enforcement, if they were to advise me there was an lack of capacity to handle and to oversee the demonstrations, then there are legal measures that are accessible," she clarified.

Jewish community representatives express worries

The UK's Chief Rabbi remarked that many members of the Jewish population wondered why marches in support of Palestinian advocacy groups had been authorized to occur.

The group was outlawed as a prohibited organization in the summer. At various protests since then, numerous individuals have been arrested for expressing solidarity for the organization, which has won approval to dispute the proscription.

"Some of them contain blatant anti-Jewish sentiment, direct support for Hamas. Not everyone involved, however there is a significant amount of these elements, which clearly poses dangerous to many within our community," the religious leader stated.

"There's no distinction between the speech on our public spaces, the behavior of people in this manner, and what inevitably results, which was Thursday's violent act."

Additionally, he appealed to the government "repeatedly", to "assert authority on these protests, they are dangerous."