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Britain's Interior Minister voiced regret that Palestinian-supporting demonstrations proceeded on Thursday following the terrorist incident that claimed two lives near a Jewish place of worship in the city of Manchester.

Britain's home secretary additionally called on demonstrators to "step back" from intentions to stage protests in the next few days.

"I believe that proceeding in this fashion appears un-British, it feels wrong," the minister commented concerning protests scheduled for this week.

Demonstrators in central London protesting the Israel's naval forces halting a flotilla carrying humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip clashed with law enforcement near Downing Street on Thursday evening.

Substantial groups carrying Palestinian flags and banners could be seen on the government district into the evening.

The police force announced that 40 people had been taken into custody. Six of those arrested were arrested for assaults on police officers.

"It's crucial to establish separation between what is happening in the Middle Eastern region and situations developing at in our country," the minister stated during a television interview on Friday morning.

"My message would be to people who are planning to join a protest is to just take a step back for a minute, and imagine if you had lost a close relative to a terrorist incident in this country," she continued.

There were "robust" powers to defend the right to demonstrate, she mentioned, but they could be set aside on the advice of the police.

"I can follow guidance from the law enforcement, if they were to advise me there was an inability to manage and to oversee the protests, then there are legal measures that are accessible," she explained.

Community representatives voice worries

The UK's senior rabbinical leader stated that many members of the Jewish community wondered why protests in support of Palestinian causes had been permitted to proceed.

The movement was proscribed as a terror group in the summer. At various demonstrations following the ban, numerous individuals have been detained for showing support for the group, which has obtained authorization to dispute the restriction.

"A portion of them feature outright antisemitism, outright support for Hamas. Not everyone involved, however there is considerable of such content, which undoubtedly represents dangerous to many within our society," the chief rabbi stated.

"There's no distinction between the words on our public spaces, the conduct of people in this manner, and what inevitably results, which was yesterday's terror incident."

Additionally, he called on the government "repeatedly", to "assert authority on these demonstrations, they are dangerous."