Govt urges students to reflect on joining Palestine protest

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Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson urges students considering joining a pro-Palestine protest on the second anniversary of Hamas's October 7th terrorist attack on Israel, to "reflect" on whether "today of all days is the right time to be doing that". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00I would just urge those who are thinking about joining a protest today just to

00:04reflect on whether today of all days it's the right time to be doing that the

00:08right to protest is a fundamental principle in our democracy it's a

00:11cornerstone of our democracy but just because you have a right it doesn't

00:15mean you have to exercise it you have 364 other days of the year to take part

00:20in such protests and whilst I do understand the real sense of grief and

00:24anguish that people feel when they see the suffering of people in Gaza including

00:28children and I share that I would just ask people to remember our shared sense

00:32of humanity our responsibilities to one another and to understand how many

00:36Jewish people in our country will be feeling today

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