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Prime Minister Keir Starmer has urged people attending pro-Palestine protests this weekend to “respect the grief of British Jews”.
Starmer added the protests, planned for both Manchester and London, could cause further pain to mourners.
He is the latest figure to tell activists to reconsider whether they should attend pro-Palestine protests, days after two people were killed and others were injured during a terror attack on a synagogue in Manchester.
Writing in The Jewish Chronicle, Starmer said: “I urge anyone thinking about protesting this weekend to recognise
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