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Hostages released since the truce: Eitan Yahalomi with his mother and Emily Hand with her father
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Police told: Clamp down on Hamas-related clothing and anti-Jewish chanting

The chair of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners has suggested officers will clamp down on Hamas-related clothing and anti-Jewish chanting, as part of greater security measures in the UK to control unrest over the conflict between Israel and Gaza.

Speaking about a meeting chaired by the Prime Minister at Downing Street yesterday morning, Donna Jones told LBC: “It was about the preparations for this weekend.

“There is a pro-Palestine protest planned in central London which the Met are expecting over 10,000 people to attend on Saturday, so it was the Met officer providing reassurance to the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary and Michael Gove (Communities Secretary), who was also present at the meeting.

“It was also the Home Secretary and Prime Minister reiterating their strength of feeling around the fact that people using flags or wearing particular items of clothing or masks indicating support of Hamas is in fact an offence under terrorist law, because they are a proscribed terrorist organisation.”

Pushed for clarification on the issue, she confirmed it was not an offence to carry a Palestinian flag.

Ms Jones, also the acting Conservative police and crime commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, continued: “Whilst the Government’s position is very much supporting Israel and the atrocious attacks that have happened on the Israeli people… there are people who of course do empathise with those that live on the West Bank and people that represent the Palestinian region of that part of the Middle East, and of course this then does bring into play religion.

“We have to be really careful in Britain – we don’t want to inflame the situation.”