Police ban on anti-Zionist protests in Jewish area was not unlawful, judge says

A police ban on anti-Zionist protests in a highly Jewish area of north London was not unlawful, a High Court judge has said.

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00:00anti-zionist protests which started after the israeli response to the october the seventh attacks began outside the residence of

00:07the israeli ambassador before moving to other areas in swiss cottage when legal restrictions were imposed by police

00:15on the seventh of may twenty twenty five the metropolitan police imposed conditions under the public order act preventing the

00:22group from holding its protests in the swiss cottage area and the order was repeated on subsequent occasions

00:28protester janet simon a jewish resident of camden attempted to challenge the metropolitan police decision at the high court on

00:38tuesday mr justice sweeting said her claim should not proceed to a full hearing as police had made a lawful

00:45decision he said the police's decision was plainly open to them given the significant effects of the protests and counter

00:54-processes on the swiss cottage community

00:58police had used the public order acts to move the protests on occasions before the seventh of may twenty twenty

01:05five and these decisions were not legally challenged at a hearing in august it was said that the location of

01:12the protest was important because of the intended audience including members of the jewish community in swiss cottage and that

01:21much of the disruption was actually caused by counter-protesters

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