Another video, captioned as “facts about both sides”, lists the countries that support Israel and then those that support “Hamas, Palestine”. The Met is expecting more than 100,000 people on the march, with numbers unlikely to reach a million, they said. There is little doubt among senior officers that there will be flashpoints at various times on Saturday, with concerns that groups could splinter off from the main march to cause disruption, and that far-right elements could seek to exploit the occasion.

He added that the Met has his full support in taking action against those who broke the law and that he will continue to support them in taking a “zero-tolerance approach” against those found committing violent offences or spreading hate. Tens of thousands of people across the UK are expected to take part in pro-Palestinian protests on Armistice Day. But the Met did ask protesters to postpone the march - a request that organisers robustly declined. Hate crime, violence or abuse do not represent legitimate protest and we will respond professionally to offending.” We know that for London’s Jewish communities, whose fears and concerns we absolutely recognise, the impact of hate crime and in particular antisemitic offences is just as significant.Suella Braverman has come under fire for her part in “inflaming tensions”. Anti-fascist group Hope Not Hate called for the home secretary to resign, while politicians, including Yvette Cooper and Sadiq Khan both highlighted the negative effect of the home secretary’s comments. Nearby protesters then shoved police and threw objects, including bottles, at them, the PA agency reported. Twist added that nine police officers had been injured on Saturday, with two requiring hospital treatment: one with a fractured elbow and another with a suspected dislocated hip. Those officers were injured on Whitehall as they prevented a violent crowd getting to the Cenotaph while a remembrance service was taking place, he said. Sunak said marches planned for 11 November would be “provocative and disrespectful” and warned that the Cenotaph – the focus of remembrance events – could be “desecrated” by protesters. Scuffles between counter-protestors and police broke out in several locations, including in Pimlico, Chinatown and near the Cenotaph war memorial

They arrived early, stating they were there to protect monuments, but some were already intoxicated, aggressive and clearly looking for confrontation. The police’s job has been made much harder," Khan said on X. "The Met have my full support to take action against anyone found spreading hate and breaking the law." Things in the Avdiivka sector have become even tougher," Mr Barabash told the media outlet Espreso TV. Kadyrov, who has often described himself as Vladimir Putin's "foot soldier" and who has at times been a vocal critic of Russia's performance in the conflict, said on Telegram: "They [the fighters] have the best equipment and modern weapons. One thing is certain: voting against funding the Iron Dome defense system for Israel is neither pro-Israel nor pro-peace.The march has been organised by a coalition of groups: the PSC, the Muslim Association of Britain, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Stop the War and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Nesrine Malik makes important points about the pro-Palestine marches. As she says, “There is a universal simplicity to the conflict that transcends political ideology – about the fundamental human right to full nationhood, to live in your home in safety and with dignity.” She and the marchers should recognise that this applies equally to Israelis, and protest equally strongly against Hamas’s barbarities. Without mutual empathy, the cycle will continue. The police have to balance rights of people to express their freedom of speech against the ability of the rest of the communities to go about their day to day business," Billingham said. Locating and intercepting suspects in a crowd of the size we saw today will always be challenging, but we were further limited in our ability to do so due to the number of officers we had to deploy, from early in the day, in response to violence from the rightwing groups in central London. A Scottish Government spokesperson said: “The Remembrance period serves a vital purpose in allowing everyone a moment to pause, reflect and be thankful to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.