300 multi-faith allies support Al Quds counter-demo

More than 300 Jews, Christians and Muslims staged a counter protest last week as 1000 took part in a notorious anti-Israel march.

The group, called Al Quds Unmasked, gathered to counter the International Al Quds Day event which took place outside the Home Office in Westminster on 5 April.

The Metropolitan Police estimated that 1,000 protestors demonstrated in support of the Islamic Republic of Iran and in a statement on Twitter/X, said two men were “arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred after an Israeli flag was burned near the stage in Richmond Terrace”.

A total of 10 people were arrested on the day. Protestors carried banners saying ‘From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free’, ‘Boycott Apartheid’ and ‘Resistance by any means necessary’.

Al Quds Unmasked organiser Itai Galmudy told Jewish News: “The atmosphere as you can probably tell from the different videos was tense but also positive and empowering. We showed there’s no reason for us to hide.”

The reactions, he added, were “as we’ve expected. These hate marches are fuelled with lies and misinformation which is being used on purpose to stir more hate.

“But the bigger problem in our opinion is the total disregard to the rule of law and the fear of the police to confront these people”.

In a statement on Twitter/X the following day, Campaign Against Antisemitism called London on Al Quds Day “a tale of two cities. One was full of hostility. The other called for the release of hostages currently being held captive by a terrorist organisation”.