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Britain's Home Secretary voiced dismay that Palestinian-supporting protests went ahead on Thursday following the terror attack that took two lives outside a Jewish place of worship in Manchester.

Britain's home secretary additionally appealed to protesters to "pause" from intentions to hold marches in the coming days.

"I do think that continuing in this fashion seems contrary to British values, it seems misguided," the minister commented concerning demonstrations scheduled for this week.

Demonstrators in downtown London demonstrating against the Israel's naval forces intercepting a flotilla carrying humanitarian assistance to Gaza clashed with police officers near the Prime Minister's residence on Thursday evening.

Substantial groups carrying flags of Palestine and placards could be observed on the government district throughout the evening.

The police force reported that fourty individuals had been taken into custody. A half-dozen of those apprehended were arrested for attacks against law enforcement personnel.

"It's essential to make a distinction between what is happening in the Middle Eastern region and situations developing at in our country," the minister told a morning news program on Friday morning.

"My message would be to individuals who are planning to participate in a demonstration is to pause and reflect for a minute, and think about if you had suffered the loss of a close relative to a terror attack in this nation," she continued.

There were "substantial" powers to safeguard the right to protest, she mentioned, but they could be overridden on the guidance of the police.

"I can take my lead from the police, if they were to advise me there was an insufficient resources to manage and to oversee the protests, then there are powers that are at my disposal," she clarified.

Community representatives voice apprehensions

The UK's Chief Rabbi commented that many members of the Jewish population asked why protests in support of Palestinian advocacy groups had been permitted to take place.

The movement was proscribed as a prohibited organization in July. At multiple demonstrations after that, numerous individuals have been arrested for showing support for the group, which has won authorization to dispute the ban.

"A portion of them include outright anti-Jewish sentiment, direct backing for Hamas. Not all participants, however there is a significant amount of such content, which clearly poses dangerous to many within our society," the religious leader stated.

"There's no distinction between the rhetoric on our public spaces, the actions of individuals in this way, and what subsequently occurs, which was yesterday's terror incident."

Additionally, he appealed to the administration "repeatedly", to "get a grip on these demonstrations, they are risky."