UK terror watchdog urges 'moratorium' on pro-Palestine marches

<article data-history-node-id="439340" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/uk-terror-watchdog-urges-moratorium-pro-palestine-marches" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/uk-terror-watchdog-urges-moratorium-pro-palestine-marches" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">UK terror watchdog urges 'moratorium' on pro-Palestine marches</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The&nbsp;UK's&nbsp;independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, Jonathan Hall, has called for a "moratorium" on pro-Palestine&nbsp;marches because of recent antisemitic attacks in London.</p> <p>A 45-year-old&nbsp;Somali-born British national was arrested on Wednesday afternoon after two Jewish men in Golders Green, aged 34 and 76, were stabbed in a London neighbourhood with a large Jewish population. Both are expected to make a full recovery.</p> <p>The Metropolitan Police have said they believe the incident was connected to a separate "altercation" in south-east London a few hours beforehand.&nbsp;</p> <p>Police said the suspect has a "history of serious violence and mental health issues" and had been referred to the <a href="https://www.counterterrorism.police.uk/what-we-do/counter-terrorism/prevent/">Prevent </a>counter-extremism programme in 2020.</p> <p>Speaking on Times Radio after the incident, Hall&nbsp;said: "We are now at a point at which the government needs to start to take more risks as to what it’s prepared to do."</p> <p>He added: "It pains me to say this, but I think we may have reached a point where we need to have a moratorium on the sorts of marches that have been happening.</p> <p>"It’s clearly impossible at the moment for any of these pro-Palestine marches not to incubate within them some sort of antisemitic or demonising language."</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-terror-watchdog-urges-moratorium-pro-palestine-marches">UK terror watchdog urges 'moratorium' on pro-Palestine marches</a></h3> <p><img alt="Protesters hold placards and wave Palestinian flags as they march past Harrods department store during a march organised by the Palestine Coalition in central London on March 28, 2026." src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/images-story/000_A62D8PD%20%281%29.jpg.jpg?itok=32A85ewa"></p> </div> </div> </article>