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Britain's Home Secretary voiced regret that Palestinian-supporting protests proceeded on Thursday after the terrorist incident that took the lives of two men outside a synagogue in Manchester.

Britain's top security official additionally appealed to protesters to "step back" from intentions to organize marches in the next few days.

"I believe that continuing in this fashion seems un-British, it feels wrong," she stated regarding demonstrations planned for this week.

Demonstrators in downtown London protesting the Israel's naval forces intercepting a aid convoy transporting humanitarian assistance to Gaza had confrontations with police officers outside the Prime Minister's residence on Thursday night.

Numerous people displaying Palestinian flags and banners could be spotted on Whitehall throughout the evening.

The police force stated that fourty individuals had been detained. A half-dozen of those arrested were arrested for assaults on police officers.

"It is important to establish separation between events unfolding in the Middle Eastern region and what is happening at in our country," the minister told a breakfast show on Friday.

"My message would be to people who are considering to join a protest is to reconsider briefly for a minute, and consider if you had lost a close relative to a terrorist incident in this country," she continued.

There were "substantial" powers to safeguard the freedom to demonstrate, she stated, but they could be superseded on the advice of the law enforcement.

"I can follow guidance from the police, if they were to advise me there was an insufficient resources to respond and to oversee the demonstrations, then there are powers that are available," she explained.

Jewish community representatives express worries

Britain's senior rabbinical leader remarked that many people of the Jewish population wondered why protests in support of Palestinian causes had been authorized to take place.

The movement was banned as a prohibited organization in July. At numerous protests after that, hundreds have been detained for demonstrating backing for the organization, which has won permission to challenge the restriction.

"A portion of them include outright anti-Jewish sentiment, direct backing for Hamas. Not all participants, however there is considerable of these elements, which certainly is harmful to many within our community," the religious leader remarked.

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

Additionally, he appealed to the government "repeatedly", to "assert authority on these protests, they are risky."