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A jurist who reviews anti-terrorism legislation for the British government and the head of the opposition called last week for a ban on anti-Israel rallies in the near future following a series of serious antisemitic attacks.<\/p>\n
Jonathan Hall, the independent reviewer of terror legislation, said the government should consider a \u201cmoratorium\u201d on the marches following the April 29 stabbing of two Jews in London\u2019s Golders Green neighborhood, allegedly by a Somalia-born British citizen named Essa Suleiman, The Telegraph reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt 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. It\u2019s clearly impossible at the moment for any of these pro-Palestine marches not to incubate within them some sort of anti-Semitic or demonising language,\u201d The Telegraph quoted Hall as saying last week.<\/p>\n The stabbings followed a string of major incidents targeting Jews, including the torching on March 23 of four ambulances of the Hatzola Northwest Jewish emergency response group, also in Golders Green.<\/p>\n Anti-Israel activists are planning to hold a major rally on May 13 for \u201cNakba Day,\u201d a commemoration of what they call \u201cthe catastrophe,\u201d meaning the Arab defeat in the 1948 war that Israel\u2019s enemies launched to prevent it from being established.<\/p>\n British Prime Minister Keir Starmer indicated a willingness to ban some protests against Israel, Sky News reported on Saturday, saying, \u201cThere are instances for the latter\u201d when asked whether a ban would be issued.<\/p>\n Laurence Taylor, the Metropolitan Police\u2019s head of counterterrorism, said that the force was reviewing whether upcoming pro-Palestine marches would go ahead, The Telegraph quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n Tommy Robinson, a right-wing activist and vocal advocate of Israel, is planning a follow-up to his \u201cUnite the Kingdom\u201d march held last September. The proposed rally is also being reviewed, according to the Telegraph.<\/p>\n Speaking outside Scotland Yard, Taylor told reporters: \u201cAs part of our review into the change in the threat level, police will be reviewing all events across the country.<\/p>\n