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Britain's Home Secretary conveyed regret that pro-Palestinian protests proceeded on Thursday evening after the terrorist incident that claimed two lives outside a Jewish place of worship in Manchester.

The top security official also appealed to protesters to "pause" from plans to hold marches in the days ahead.

"In my view that proceeding in this way appears un-British, it seems misguided," she stated concerning demonstrations planned for this week.

Protesters in downtown London demonstrating against the Israeli navy intercepting a flotilla transporting aid to the Gaza Strip confronted with police officers near the Prime Minister's residence on Thursday night.

Large crowds carrying flags of Palestine and banners could be observed on the government district into the night.

London's Metropolitan Police reported that fourty individuals had been detained. A half-dozen of those apprehended were detained over attacks against police officers.

"It is important to draw a line between events unfolding in the Middle East and situations developing at in our country," the minister remarked on a morning news program on Friday.

"My message would be to people who are intending to go on a demonstration is to reconsider briefly for a moment, and think about if you had lost a family member to a terror attack in this nation," she added.

There were "robust" authorities to safeguard the freedom to protest, she mentioned, but they could be overridden on the recommendation of the law enforcement.

"I can follow guidance from the police, if they were to tell me there was an inability to handle and to oversee the demonstrations, then there are legal measures that are at my disposal," she explained.

Community leaders express worries

The UK's Chief Rabbi remarked that many people of the Jewish community wondered why marches in support of Palestinian causes had been permitted to take place.

The movement was outlawed as a prohibited organization in July. At multiple demonstrations after that, hundreds have been detained for demonstrating backing for the group, which has secured approval to contest the restriction.

"A portion of them include outright antisemitism, outright backing for Hamas. Not every single person, however there is so much of such content, which clearly poses dangerous to many within our community," the religious leader declared.

"It's impossible to disconnect the words on our public spaces, the actions of people in this manner, and what inevitably results, which was Thursday's violent act."

He also urged the government "repeatedly", to "take control on these demonstrations, they are harmful."