00:00The Metropolitan Police will review whether pro-Palestine marches can go ahead, with the force assessing events across the country
00:09after the UK terrorism threat level was raised to severe following the stabbings in Golders Green.
00:16Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who is facing calls to ban pro-Palestine marches, backed the prosecution of people at
00:23such events, chanting, Globalise the Intifada.
00:27The Stop the War Coalition is planning a major demonstration in London on 16 May to mark Nakba Day, commemorating
00:36the 1948 displacement of Palestinians during the creation of Israel.
00:41The group has described attempts to link recent attacks with marches as false.
00:47Also ongoing was a rare intervention on Thursday when Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley criticised Green Party leader Zach Polanski
00:55for retweeting an ex-post accusing officers of repeatedly and violently kicking a mentally ill man in the head when
01:05he was already incapacitated from being tasered.
01:09Sir Mark Rowley said he was disappointed, adding that the post was inaccurate and misinformed.
01:14He also said Polanski's decision to criticise the officers using his public profile and reach will have a chilling effect.
01:22A Green Party spokesperson, said Mr Polanski, knows it was a very difficult situation for the authorities.
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