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The Interior Minister expressed regret that pro-Palestinian protests proceeded on Thursday evening after the terror attack that took the lives of two men near a synagogue in the city of Manchester.

Britain's home secretary additionally appealed to demonstrators to "step back" from intentions to organize protests in the coming days.

"In my view that proceeding in this way does feel un-British, it feels wrong," the minister commented concerning demonstrations scheduled for this week.

Protesters in central London demonstrating against the Israel's naval forces stopping a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza had confrontations with law enforcement near Downing Street on Thursday night.

Large crowds holding Palestinian flags and signs could be spotted on the government district throughout the evening.

The police force reported that fourty individuals had been detained. Six of those detained were detained over attacks against police officers.

"It's essential to establish separation between events unfolding in the Middle East and what is happening at in our country," the home secretary stated during a breakfast show on Friday.

"My message would be to individuals who are considering to go on a demonstration is to pause and reflect for a moment, and think about if you had lost a close relative to a terrorist incident in this country," she added.

There were "substantial" measures to protect the right to protest, she mentioned, but they could be set aside on the recommendation of the law enforcement.

"I can follow guidance from the police, if they were to advise me there was an insufficient resources to handle and to oversee the demonstrations, then there are legal measures that are accessible," she explained.

Jewish community representatives express concerns

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

The organization was banned as a prohibited organization in the summer. At multiple demonstrations since then, numerous individuals have been taken into custody for demonstrating backing for the organization, which has won authorization to challenge the ban.

"Some of them include blatant antisemitism, outright support for Hamas. Not every single person, however there is so much of these elements, which certainly is risky to many within our society," the chief rabbi remarked.

"There's no distinction between the rhetoric on our public spaces, the conduct of people in this way, and what ultimately follows, which was the recent terror incident."

Additionally, he appealed to the government "yet again", to "assert authority on these protests, they are dangerous."