Evening Standard
· collected 2026-10-07 · by Press Association Reporters
Demonstrators clashed and police made arrests amid protests in London on the anniversary of the October 7 attacks on Israel.
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police → clash → Israel
Five people were arrested for inciting racial hatred after shouting and chanting slogans calling for intifada were heard at what police described as a “spontaneous protest” outside the Board of Deputies in Camden on Wednesday.
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police → arrest → Wednesday
A number of student pro-Palestine demonstrations were also taking place, despite calls for a ban or for the protests to be moved to a different date.
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protests → take → date
Protesters and counter protesters clashed as the demonstrations took place in central London.
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demonstrations → clash → London
Around 100 pro-Palestine protesters marched and chanted “free free Palestine” and “free the people, free the land” in London, with a group at the back of the march holding a banner reading: “Holocaust survivor descendants against Gaza genocide”.
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group → march → genocide
Counter-protesters holding Israeli flags gathered by Russell Square.
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protesters → hold → Square
Shouts of “scumbags”, directed at the pro-Palestine protesters, could be heard, while they chanted: “Terrorist supporters off our streets.”
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they → direct → streets
The Met imposed strict conditions on the central London pro-Palestine march, including requiring the group to form up at Lincoln’s Inn Fields by 12.30pm, take a set route to Russell Square, and complete the rally by 2pm.
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Met → impose → pm
The Metropolitan Police said the force could not ban a protest planned in the capital but repeated a plea to demonstrators to not go ahead with it.
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force → say → it
Earlier, Andy Burnham assured the British Jewish community “we stand with you” against antisemitism three years after the deadly attack on Israel by Hamas militants that triggered the devastating war in Gaza.
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that → assure → Gaza
Students linked to Queen Mary University of London were also due to take part in a rally near the campus in east London.
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Students → link → London
Separately, Scotland Yard said: “Earlier this morning, officers made arrests at a spontaneous protest outside the British Board of Deputies in Camden.
“Five people were arrested for inciting racial hatred, involving allegedly shouting or chanting slogans calling for intifada.
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people → say → intifada
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“They remain in police custody.
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They → read → custody
The protest in Camden has now ended.”
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protest → end → Camden
Pro-Palestine rallies led by student societies were also due to take place at Edinburgh and Glasgow universities on Wednesday afternoon.
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rallies → lead → afternoon
The decision to march in support of Palestine on Wednesday has faced backlash, with Jewish student leaders calling the plans “outrageous”.
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leaders → march → plans
Defence Secretary Wes Streeting branded the planned demonstrations “shameful”.
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Streeting → brand → demonstrations
Education Secretary Lucy Powell has called on students planning to protest on university campuses “to show compassion and respect for others by moving it” to another date.
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Powell → call → date
Two senior Rabbis said the motion was “antisemitic in its formulation and intention”.
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motion → say → formulation
Rabbi Charley Baginsky and Rabbi Josh Levy said: “By adopting it, the Green Party has made antisemitism party policy and become a racist party.”
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Party → say → policy
Three years ago, the attacks on October 7 saw Hamas-led militants invade Israel, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking more than 250 others hostage.
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militants → see → others
The Board of Deputies of British Jews was expected to hold a vigil in Richmond Terrace, just off Whitehall, on Wednesday afternoon.
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Board → expect → afternoon
Its president, Phil Rosenberg, said: “Three years on, the awful events of October 7 stand as one of the most tragic days for our Jews around the world.
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events → say → world
The Hamas terrorist massacre inflicted profound suffering and enduring trauma.
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massacre → inflict → suffering
“We will gather in central London to honour the victims with dignity and resolve.”
Marking the third anniversary, the Prime Minister described a rise in antisemitic behaviour in the UK since 2023 as “disturbing”, but pledged his Government is “committed to protecting our citizens from vile hatred”.
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Government → gather → hatred
Data from the Community Security Trust (CST), published in August, suggested antisemitism in the UK spiked in the immediate aftermath of the US and Israel launching their war on Iran and following a double stabbing of two visibly Jewish men in London.
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US → publish → London
The CST, which monitors antisemitism, said its research showed there were 1,926 antisemitic incidents recorded across the UK in January to June of 2026 – up by a fifth on the first half of last year and the second-highest total reported to the CST in the first six months of any year.
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research → monitor → year
This was exceeded only by the 2,019 incidents recorded in the first half of 2024 – which followed the 2023 Hamas attacks and Israel’s subsequent war in Gaza.
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which → exceed → Gaza
The Palestinian death toll in the past three years surpassed 74,000 last month, according to Gaza’s health ministry, which is part of the Hamas-led government.
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which → surpass → government
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