Campaign Groups Defy Police Appeal to Call Off Pro-Palestinian March on Armistice Day

Police urged organisers to ‘urgently reconsider’ over risk of ‘criminal acts by breakaway groups.’ Campaigners called on the Met to resist ‘political pressure.’

People at a pro-Palestinian rally in Trafalgar Square, London, on Nov. 4, 2023. Victoria Jones/PA Wire

Pro-Palestinian campaigners have rejected a request by the Metropolitan Police to call off a planned demonstration in London on Armistice Day this Saturday.

The Met urged organisers to “urgently reconsider” as senior officers are concerned about “criminal acts by breakaway groups intent on fuelling disorder.”