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The Home Secretary voiced dismay that pro-Palestinian protests went ahead on Thursday after the terrorist incident that claimed the lives of two men near a synagogue in the city of Manchester.

The home secretary also called on demonstrators to "pause" from intentions to organize marches in the next few days.

"I do think that proceeding in this manner appears un-British, it seems wrong," she stated regarding protests planned for this weekend.

Protesters in downtown London protesting the Israeli navy intercepting a flotilla carrying humanitarian assistance to Gaza confronted with law enforcement near Downing Street on Thursday evening.

Numerous people displaying flags of Palestine and signs could be spotted on the government district into the night.

The Metropolitan Police announced that fourty individuals had been taken into custody. A half-dozen of those detained were charged with assaults on law enforcement personnel.

"It's essential to establish separation between events unfolding in the Middle East and situations developing at home," the minister stated during a morning news program on Friday morning.

"I would say to people who are intending to participate in a protest is to just take a step back for a short while, and consider if you had suffered the loss of a close relative to a terror attack in this country," she emphasized.

There were "strong" authorities to protect the freedom to protest, she noted, but they could be overridden on the advice of the police.

"I can take my lead from the police, if they were to inform me there was an lack of capacity to handle and to police the demonstrations, then there are legal measures that are accessible," she explained.

Jewish community leaders express worries

Britain's Chief Rabbi stated that many people of the Jewish population asked why protests in solidarity of Palestinian advocacy groups had been authorized to occur.

The organization was proscribed as a terror group in the summer. At various demonstrations following the ban, numerous individuals have been detained for showing support for the group, which has won approval to dispute the ban.

"Some of them feature outright anti-Jewish sentiment, outright backing for the militant group. Not all participants, however there is so much of these elements, which undoubtedly represents dangerous to many within our community," the religious leader remarked.

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

He also appealed to the administration "repeatedly", to "assert authority on these protests, they are risky."