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Suella Braverman warns of jail for pro-Palestine protesters who vandalise the Cenotaph over Remembrance weekend
'They must be put into a jail cell faster than their feet can touch the ground'
SUELLA Braverman has threatened pro-Palestine protesters who vandalise the Cenotaph with jail.
Demonstrators have flooded the streets for four weekends in a row - and fears are growing over what will happen during Remembrance events.
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Huge crowds have been gathering up and down the country to demand Israel declare a ceasefire in its war against Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
Earlier this week Rishi Sunak warned pro-Palestine protesters against disrupting Remembrance weekend earlier this week.
The Prime Minister insisted events next weekend must be protected, saying organising a protest march was “provocative and disrespectful”.
And now Suella Braverman has threatened demonstrators with arrest if they step out of line.
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In an interview with Sky News Ms Braverman said: “Armistice Day is a day that is of profound national significance in Britain.
“It represents our moment of collective mourning and remembrance and reverence. And it must be treated with the solemnity with which it deserves.
“If anyone were to vandalise the Cenotaph, they must be put into a jail cell faster than their feet can touch the ground.”
It comes after Met Police confirmed 29 protesters were arrested yesterday before a Section 35 Dispersal Order was rolled out across Trafalgar Square to crack down on a violent group assaulting cops.
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Two were arrested on suspicion of breaching section 12 of the Terrorism Act after displaying a banner appearing to support a proscribed terror group.
Arrests were also made for inciting racial hatred, other racially motivated crimes, violence and assaulting a police officer, the force added.
Police noted how retrospective facial recognition was used in tracking down protesters breaking the law.
Protesters were heard chanting and "Gaza, stop the massacre" and "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" as they waved flares in the air.
The "river to the sea" chant is hugely controversial because it effectively promotes the destruction of the entire Jewish state of Israel.
Today a vigil is taking place in Parliament Square for Israeli people who have been kidnapped by Hamas.
Last week the Hamas chief Ghazi Hamad told Iranian TV the terror group will not stop until Israel is annihilated.
Britain’s Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis said such calls were “an irresponsible stepping stone to yet more Hamas brutality”.
Hamad said: “Israel is a country that has no place on our land. We must remove that country. Does that mean the annihilation of Israel? – Yes, of course.”
The Hamas leader added their legion of thugs are ready to keep repeating October 7 style attacks until there are no Jewish people left in the tiny Middle Eastern state.
"Nobody should blame us for the things we do,” he said. "On October 7, October ten, October one million – everything we do is justified.”
On October 7, Hamas terrorists launched an attack on Israeli communities killing more than 1,400 people and taking at least 240 hostages - including small children.
In retaliation, Israel carried out strikes on Gaza and has now sent troops and tanks into the tiny enclave which is controlled by the fanatical terror group.
More than 9,200 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza so far, two thirds of them women and minors, the Gaza Health Ministry said, without providing a breakdown between civilians and fighters.
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More than 1,400 people have died on the Israeli side, mainly civilians killed during Hamas' initial attack.
Rocket fire by Gaza militants into Israel has continued, disrupting life for millions of people and forcing an estimated 250,000 people to evacuate towns in northern and southern Israel.
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