Met Police investigating 'leadership coordinator' at Scotland Yard who said support for Israel shoul

The Met Police has revealed it is investigating a 'management coordinator' who it sounds as if said that supporting Israel should be a 'hate crime.'

Amina Ahmed describes herself on her RelatedIn page as a 'management program facilitator and mission manager' at the Met Police, and seemingly made calls for those who support Israel to be investigated for a 'hate crime.'

In an edited comment posted in her title, she wrote: 'I think at this level, if anyone openly has the same opinion with the battle in Gaza, they should be called out as Islamophobic and inciting hatred in opposition to Muslims.' 

'That should be investigated as extremism. Whether the [counter-terrorism] world makes a decision to act fairly and proportionately and deal with IDF support as an extremist ideology, I do not know.'

The force said it was once now taking a look into Ahmed's post, with a spokesperson telling MailOnline: 'We are conscious about this publish circulating on social media and are currently reviewing it.’

It comes as a police adviser was once sacked over his 'apparent anti-Semitic perspectives' after he used to be observed main pro-Palestine chants. 

Attiq Malik (pictured) is chairman of the London Communities Forum which is described by means of the Met Police on its web site as a 'strategic advisory frame' for the force

Video has emerged of Mr Malik orchestrating the 'from the river to the sea' chant at a pro-Palestine rally in 2021 

Amina Ahmed describes herself on her ConnectedIn page as a 'management coordinator' at Scotland Yard and has made calls for those who support Israel to be investigated for a 'hate crime'

Comments apparently made by way of Ms Ahmed say the ones who agree with the battle in Gaza 'should be referred to as out as Islamophobic and inciting hatred towards Muslims'

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Lawyer Attiq Malik used to be the chairman of London Communities Forum - a 'strategic advisory frame' for Scotland Yard which is helping to 'form police coverage and process at a strategic degree'.

Mr Malik was once filmed in 2021 orchestrating the chant described through Suella Braverman as 'a staple of anti-Semitic discourse'. The slogan is widely interpreted as calling for the destruction of Israel.

The Met said it will be 'straight away ceasing' its relationship with Mr Malik whilst the force investigates the photos.  

In the pictures revealed by means of The Telegraph, Mr Malik holds a microphone and tells the crowd: 'We cross on BBC, ITV, do we see any of this? No we don’t. 

'You watch Sky News, do we see this? No. Even on social media what we’re seeing is the posts are going up on Insta, LinkedIn, Facebook, they’re getting deleted.

'What’s going on is global censorship through the Zionists, world censorship to silence us.' 

He time and again then shouts along with his fist pumping 'there's no justice' as the crowd says again 'simply us' ahead of the subsequent scene cuts to him beginning the 'from the river to the sea' chant. 

Mr Malik posted a Malcolm X quote on his X account after his links with the force had been publicised.

It learn: 'If you are now not cautious, the newspapers may have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the folks who doing the oppressing.' 

The Met launched a remark on its X page this afternoon saying Mr Malik has expressed perspectives 'in a means which does not align to the Met's values'.

'This example has highlighted previous lamnguage and views expressed by means of Attiq Malik that appear anti-Semitic and contrary with our values,' the force said. 

'As a outcome we can be right away ceasing our relationship with Mr Malik whilst we investigate.' 

Mr Malik posted a Malcom X quote on his X account after his hyperlinks with the Met Police were publicised

The Met Police released a remark announcing it will right away be ceasing its courting with Mr Malik whilst it investigates the footage

Home Secretary Ms Braverman previously instructed police bosses to interpret the 'river to the sea' chant as an 'expression of a violent desire to see Israel erased from the international' - one thing Palestinians and their supporters deny. 

She wrote on X, formerly recognized as Twitter, final month: 'Last weekend an intimidating mob marched thru London chanting "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" - a slogan this is widely understood as a demand for the destruction of Israel. Attempts to fake otherwise are disingenuous.

'It method the River Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea- the boundaries of Israel - and comes from the darkish days when most Palestinian teams sought to do away with Israel. It used to be dropped through mainstream organisations after Israel and the PLO made peace with the 1993 Oslo Accords.'

Ade Adelekan, deputy assistant commissioner of the Met Police, said: 'We talk to other folks from all backgrounds to be sure that we understand the effect of policing on their communities.

'As part of this work, the Met supports and works with a number of advisory groups.

'It might be the case that contributors of these teams have perspectives we do not endorse. Often they're strongly held. They might also be crucial of the Met and policing.

'We do not take directions from advisory groups or someone else and we can at all times maintain our operational independence.

'It is true that we listen to the ones we serve to construct a better Met.'

MailOnline has contacted Met Police and Mr Malik through Liberty Law Solicitors the place he's a director for remark. 

Calls were made for activists to be arrested after video emerged of protesters on their latest 'Day of Action' huddled on a busy carriage hollering the offensive chant described by means of the Chief Rabbi as 'hateful extremism', whilst Tory MP Stephen Crabb said they went 'method past the limits of what should be applicable for any political demonstration'. 

In the footage a drum is banged as people chant 'from the river to the sea, Palestine will be unfastened' - a slogan interpreted as calling for the destruction of Israel. British Transport Police is investigating even if no arrests have been made. 

Elsewhere, households have been hounded by means of protesters as they left a McDonald's in the capital and chanted 'shame on you' at a child amid social media posts suggesting the rapid-food chain's outlets in Israel had dished out 100,000 loose meals to the country's infantrymen.   

In other photos, poppy dealers outside a train station regarded on helplessly as pro-Palestine protesters surrounded them and staged a take a seat-in protest. 

Pro-Palestine protesters crowded on a busy Tube train in London have been heard calling for an 'intifada revolution'. The term 'intifada' was once described as 'hateful extremism by way of the Chief Rabbi

The 10-second clip posted on X, previously recognized as Twitter, displays other people crowded on a busy Tube.

A drum is pounded as a guy maintaining a megaphone leads the chant via shouting 'from the river to the sea', as protesters bellow back: 'Palestine will be unfastened.'

They are then heard saying: 'There is only one solution, intifada revolution.' 

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis wrote in The Times the previous day calling for 'ethical braveness' in opposition to the usage of such terms as 'intifada'.

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He said: 'The world feels different as a result of at the very moment when it should be clearer than ever what is meant through Hamas’s "resistance", "jihad", "uprising", or "intifada", an increasing number of people are now brazenly calling for these things in cities across Britain and the global.

'This is hateful extremism.'

Mr Crabb said the 'clearly anti-Semitic' chants were 'outright calls for violence and killing', reported The Sun, and that he was hoping the Met would take 'swift motion'. 

'They are clearly anti-Semitic and I'm hoping the Met will take swift action,' he said.

Fellow Conservative MP Bob Blackburn said they 'should be arrested and no matter proof there is, it should be utilised to prosecute them'.

In another clip on X, the similar staff of activists many times shout 'wreck the Zionist settler state'. 

While in any other video a team of ladies stroll onto the platform previous bystanders at High Street Kensington Tube station and chant Israel is a 'terror state'.   

A spokesman for BTP said: 'Abuse, intimidation or violence, particularly that which is religiously motivated, will never be tolerated and our officers will take powerful motion in opposition to those who search to purpose hurt or spread hate.

'We have enhanced our patrols across the network and are calling for anybody who witnesses or reviews hate crime or some other threatening or relating to behaviour to report it to us so we can take quick motion.'

The activists' newest protests led to unsightly scenes as other people surrounded British Legion poppy sellers at a train station and chanted 'shame on you' at a young kid leaving a McDonald's – whilst fireworks have been introduced at police.

Heartbreaking photographs showed dismayed poppy sellers shamelessly surrounded by way of chanting pro-Palestine activists in Charing Cross station, prompting condemnation from veterans minister Johnny Mercer, who presented to 'rattle a tin' with the charitable trio.

Dismayed British Royal Legion poppy sellers may only look on after pro-Palestine protesters engaged in a take a seat-in protest at Charing Cross station

Images of the charitable trio surrounded by way of protesters triggered veterans minister Johnny Mercer to be offering to 'rattle a tin with them' on Sunday

A young person clutches a small box from his McDonald's meal as his family steer him via a crowd of pro-Palestinian activists shouting 'disgrace on you'

Police arrested 29 other people on Saturday in reference to quite a lot of alleged offences linked to the pro-Palestine protests

Police arrest a man who allegedly carried a sign that bore a danger to blow up the House of Lords on Saturday

Police scuffle with pro-Palestinian protesters close to Piccadilly Circus on Saturday during the latest 'day of action' since Hamas' terror attack in Israel on October 7

Videos shared on social media of activists travelling to Trafalgar Square - where in large part non violent protests gave approach to unsightly scenes of fireworks being hurled at police - showed protesters chanting to 'ruin the Zionist settler state'.

And families leaving a McDonald's in the capital have been hounded amid a row over Israeli franchised eating places giving free and discounted meals to IDF squaddies. Other franchises in the Middle East have distanced themselves from the stunt.

The Metropolitan Police says it has arrested 29 other folks in reference to crimes starting from terrorism offences to breaching a dispersal order that used to be enacted by means of the force after fireworks had been hurled at officials, injuring four.

At Charing Cross station, dismayed having a look poppy sellers could best glance on as pro-Palestine activists staged a take a seat-in on Saturday afternoon. 

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BTP briefly closed the station to passengers whilst the protest took place, before 'actively engaging with protesters' to carry the action to a shut. No arrests were made.

Veterans minister Johnny Mercer, having been made aware of the plight, has offered to assist the British Legion volunteers on Sunday, writing on X, formerly Twitter: 'If any person knows those poppy sellers please DM me. I will attempt to rattle a tin with them the following day.'

He added: 'London is a large city; there are plenty of areas to protest - the right for which Servicemen and women are proud to serve - with out appearing to try and intimidate abnormal citizens attempting to acquire a bit of cash for Poppy Day - a non-political symbol.'

Elsewhere, grinning pro-Palestine activists could be seen laughing to themselves as they hounded families leaving McDonald's on Saturday.

A tender child, clutching a small bright red and yellow McDonald's box, was amongst the ones leaving the restaurant underneath the watchful eye of police. 

The speedy food chain has been the focal point of a number of pro-Gazan protest movements - together with the release of mice in eating places - as a result of Israeli franchises had been offering discounted meals to Israel Defence Forces soldiers.

Other McDonald's franchises in the Middle East - including those in Oman and Pakistan - have distanced themselves from the Israeli franchise's actions, reports Newsweek.

And McDonalds' dad or mum corporation has slammed the 'disinformation and misguided stories' round the controversy in remarks reported through BBC News.

A spokesperson said: 'McDonald's Corporation isn't investment or supporting any governments involved in this war, and any actions from our native developmental licensee business companions were made independently without McDonald's consent or approval.

'Our hearts are with all of the communities and households impacted by way of this crisis. We abhor violence of any sort and firmly stand against hate speech, and we can always proudly open our doors to everybody.'

Police chiefs have slammed the 'disappointing' conduct in some quarters as protests came about across the nation in the latest consecutive weekend of motion following the start of Israel's counter attack against Hamas following the October 7 attacks.

Protesters en direction to Trafalgar Square from Kensington - where the Israeli embassy in London is situated - shouted chants to 'destroy the Zionist settler state' and known as for 'intifada (rebellion) revolution'.

Fireworks had been hurled at the police as they stood on the steps of Trafalgar Square whilst tracking pro-Palestine protests

A police officer holds a sheet of paper that looks to elevate a risk to blow up the House of Lords 

A protester in Trafalgar Square held up a sign depicting a bulldozer ploughing thru a chain-link fence, harking back to a photograph taken on October 7 when Hamas invaded Israel

Police in Glasgow had to separate pro-Palestine activists from a staff who held up an Israeli flag in cohesion with the country

Protests in Manchester right through the pro-Palestine 'day of action' noticed activists occupy Manchester Piccadilly teach station

A woman walks through Newcastle town centre in a sheet coated in purple paint during a protest on Saturday

It came after protesters waved a banner depicting a bulldozer breaking down an Israeli border fence, a protester waved a signal of an Israel flag being put into a bin, and a guy was arrested with a signal bearing a threat to 'blow up' the House of Lords.

It marked a further sullying of largely peaceful action that has again and again been marred by tasteless indicators and chants appearing to endorse the actions of Hamas after it slaughtered 1,400 Israelis, mostly civilians, in a terror assault on October 7. 

The Met enacted a dispersal order at 6.43pm after fireworks have been launched in Trafalgar Square, with some directed at officers standing on the steps in entrance of the National Gallery who have been tracking the protests that have been attended by means of some 30,000 other folks.

Videos shared on social media confirmed fireworks being launched at police officials who covered the stairs in entrance of the National Gallery to track the protests, believed to have been attended by way of greater than 30,000 other folks. 

Some 1,three hundred officials have been on responsibility for the protests.

Commander Karen Findlay, who is accountable for policing throughout the capital this week, said: 'The overwhelming majority of people demonstrated peacefully throughout a particularly busy day in central London, with protests in a collection of locations requiring a policing presence.

'It is disappointing that various splinter groups have been once more accountable for behaviour which has no position in London and we are determined to take care of this robustly. Fireworks were directed against officials and 4 officials were injured.

'Today, we dealt with breakaway teams from the major protest temporarily. Officers intervened to save you additional disruption, using the complete range of powers at their disposal. This effective intervention ensured Londoners were ready to cross about their industry.

'I would like to say thank you to all the officers on duty these days, including the support we had from a selection of colleagues on mutual support from different forces, all of whom labored tirelessly right through a long day.'

In all, the Met made 29 arrests, including: 9 for public order offences, of which two had been racially aggravated; two on suspicion of terror offences similar to the wording of a banner; three for assaulting a police officer; and 10 for breaching a dispersal order.

Arrests were also made for inciting racial hatred, causing precise bodily harm, affray, violent disorder and possession of an offensive weapon. 

The clashes erupted past due on Saturday following nationwide protests on a 'day of motion' in which activists in forty places across the UK known as for a ceasefire.

The Metropolitan Police shared an image of officials on the steps of Trafalgar Square in front of the National Gallery after announcing that a dispersal order was in effect

The dispersal order covers massive portions of the London borough of Westminster

A line of police officials scatter pro-Palestine protesters on Whitehall on Saturday night time after the Met enacted a dispersal order

A man is restrained via police officers dressed in rebellion helmets on Whitehall, simply south of Trafalgar Square, on Saturday

A girl wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh shawl reacts as police transfer in to disperse protesters

Police conflict with protesters in London on Saturday during pro-Palestinian protests on the newest 'day of motion'

The clashes erupted following nationwide protests on a 'day of action' through which activists in forty places across the UK known as for a ceasefire 

A lady yells at a staff of men keeping an Israel flag on Glasgow's Jamaica Street on Saturday

Police restrain a woman on Piccadilly Circus during protests in central London on Saturday

Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered at Charing Cross Station on Saturday - they later dispersed after the British Transport Police intervened

Royal British Legion fundraisers sit at their table selling poppies and different charitable goods surrounded via pro-Palestine protesters at Charing Cross

Activists climbed the fountains in Trafalgar Square to wave flags and shout slogans in support of the Palestinian folks

Orthodox Jewish males, believed to be aligned with the Neturei Karta fringe motion, grew to become out at the pro-Palestine event in Trafalgar Square on Saturday

Protesters bore effigies of useless young children and youngsters at the Trafalgar Square rally - in reference to the 3,000-plus children said to have died in retaliatory strikes performed by means of Israel

Protesters lay out framed pictures of kids said to have been killed in Israel's marketing campaign of air strikes and shelling in Gaza

Protesters had earlier lit flares and waved flags as they referred to as for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas struggle, which has killed some 1,400 Israelis and over 9,000 Palestinians since October 7. 

Tensions had flared between protesters and police during the day as protests also took place outside the BBC, while sit down-in protests happened in Oxford Circus and at Charing Cross railway stations earlier than being dispersed.

Activists then poured into Trafalgar Square in the afternoon for the mass motion, which noticed former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and comedian Alexei Sayle address the crowds from a degree arrange in the sq.. 

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Thousands of protesters packed out Trafalgar Square in scenes that have been largely non violent.

Some waved effigies representing the our bodies of small children and children in a bid to spotlight the 3,000-plus youngsters alleged to had been killed in Israeli retaliatory moves since October 7, according to the Hamas-run Gazan well being authority.

Photographs of some of the more youthful victims of Israel's counter-attack, which has raged on with out pause for nearly a month, have been specified by frames in Trafalgar Square all the way through the protest.

However, the action was marred via people wearing indicators that gave the impression to express support for Hamas. 

One protester waved a placard on Saturday that depicted a bulldozer ploughing thru a chain hyperlink fence, with the debatable slogan: 'From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free'.

The drawing gave the impression to be a reference to a picture of a bulldozer crashing through the Israel-Gaza border on October 7, when Hamas terrorists slaughtered Israeli civilians.

At least one protester was once noticed sporting a banner which learn 'Let's stay the world clean' with a picture of an Israeli flag being thrown into a bin.

A similar banner displayed at a protest in Warsaw was condemned by means of the Israeli ambassador to Poland as 'blatant antisemitism'.

Some demonstrators climbed on most sensible of the sq.'s famous fountains as the mostly peaceful group waved flags and banners and let off fireworks on Saturday afternoon.

Security was tight around the Cenotaph on London's Whitehall on Saturday - amid fears that it would be vandalised during additional pro-Palestine motion on Armistice Day next week

Protests also came about in other places in London - outdoor the BBC at the most sensible of Regent Street as neatly as at Oxford Circus and Piccadilly Circus, the place sit down-ins have been staged

A pro-Palestine rally took place in Newcastle on Saturday afternoon, attended by hundreds of folks

Hundreds of other folks also grew to become out for motion in Manchester, which noticed activists descend on the city's Piccadilly railway station

In Belfast, protesters left teddy bears outside the US Consulate. The US House of Representatives handed a Republican plan to provide $14.3bn in help to Israel on Thursday

A woman carries an effigy of a useless child at a pro-Palestine rally held in Belfast on Saturday

People protest outside the Home Office on Saturday forward of the Trafalgar Square rally. Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been criticised for claiming that pro-Palestine protests are 'hate marches'

Images showed one man being restrained by police who may just be observed retaining a sign that learn: 'I'm going to blow up the House of Lords'. 

The Met said it rolled out hello-tech crime-busting facial popularity era that helped to identify, amongst others, a guy suspected of making antisemitic feedback all the way through a speech on Saturday. 

Officers arrested a 24-year-old guy on suspicion of a racially irritated offence after photos was once shared on social media of a speaker at a pro-Palestine march of a guy who allegedly suggested the October 7 attacks had been the 'biggest blow to Zionism that we now have noticed in our lifetimes'.

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Protesters also collected for a sit-in at Charing Cross station, which is close to to Trafalgar Square in central London, on Saturday night time.

BTP said it dispersed protesters beneath the Public Order Act 2023, without making any arrests.

It additionally confirmed on Saturday that it's making inquiries into chanting on the Tube network via demonstrators in the capital.

In one video highlighted to the Metropolitan Police on X, previously recognized as Twitter, what seem to be pro-Palestinian supporters can be heard chanting: 'Smash the Zionist settler state.'

Others all over the protests chanted 'from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free', in spite of controversy around the slogan's that means.

Among the ones protesting in the square appeared to be members of Neturei Karta, a fringe crew of Orthodox Jews that does not imagine in the need for the state of Israel. 

In Manchester, the British Transport Police said it arrested one individual on suspicion of a racially annoyed public order offence. Around 400 to 500 people protested at the station, officers say.

In Belfast on Saturday afternoon, pro-Palestinian activists marched from Queen's University to the US consulate development in the south of the town.

The rally organised near the consulate heard speeches and chants condemning Israel's actions in Gaza and the United States's support for the Israeli stance.

A protest in Glasgow noticed the BBC headquarters in the Scottish city centered via demonstrators, with activists maintaining up mock body luggage.

Police additionally had to separate pro-Palestine activists from a small crew who held up an Israeli flag in solidarity with the nation.

In Newcastle, a number of ladies had been pictured keeping bloody effigies of dead babies whilst one wearing a white shroud coated in faux blood. 

Police in London on Saturday evening as a dispersal order was once enacted after fireworks have been introduced at officials through pro-Palestine protesters

Activists in Glasgow react to a crew of folks retaining an Israel flag in Glasgow on Saturday

Protesters calling for an finish to the 'siege of Gaza' from the Stop the War Coalition march in Glasgow

Bloodied kids's dolls have been held aloft as hundreds of Palestine supporters marched through the city centre to protest towards the ongoing warfare.

Flags and placards studying 'Freedom for Palestine' and 'End the Genocide' have been waved in the air by means of contributors of the Newcastle Palestine Solidarity Campaign (NPSC) and Newcastle Stop the War, who organised the event.

The Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, has up to now branded the 'from the river to the sea' slogan antisemitic and claimed that it's 'broadly understood' to call for the destruction of Israel - a declare pro-Palestinian protesters have contested.

The Home Secretary has additionally prior to now led to controversy by means of describing the demonstrators taking to the streets in support of a ceasefire in Gaza as being fascinated about 'hate marches'.

Some pro-Palestine marches had been sullied by way of activists who have allegedly expressed support for Hamas, a proscribed terror group in the UK.

The Met Police has charged two women with terror offences after they allegedly wore pictures of paragliders to protests closing month - in apparent reference to Hamas fighters crossing Israel's border via air to indiscriminately kill civilians throughout the October 7 attacks.

A bunch of campaigners also accrued outside the Home Office in Westminster in opposition to Ms Braverman's comments on refugees and tents pitched by way of homeless other folks in public spaces.

The Prime Minister and the Home Secretary have expressed concern about the prospect of additional pro-Palestine protests subsequent Saturday, November 11, all over Armistice Day.

Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has promised to take a 'tough manner' and to use 'all the powers to be had' to ensure commemorative events are 'now not undermined'.

But demonstration organisers in London have pledged to avoid the Whitehall house the place the Cenotaph struggle memorial - the focus of nationwide remembrance events - is positioned.

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