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Keir Starmer has called for a police crackdown on some of the chants heard at pro-Palestine protests.
His comment came just hours after students defied his calls and took part in pro-Gaza marches on university campuses across the UK on the second anniversary of Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israel.
Among the chants heard at the protests was: "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”, which some consider to be antisemitic as they believe it calls for the eradication of Israel.
Proponents of the chant claim they are call
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