LONDON: People publicly chanting pro-Palestinian calls to “globalize the intifada” will be arrested, UK police warned Wednesday, saying the “context had changed” in the wake of Australia’s Bondi Beach attack. The announcement by the police forces of London and the northwest English city of Manchester swiftly prompted accusations of political repression by some campaigners. The move follows father-and-son gunmen killing 15 people Sunday at a Hanukkah festival on the Sydney beach and an October attack on a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.

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LONDON: People publicly chanting pro-Palestinian calls to “globalize the intifada” will be arrested, UK police warned Wednesday, saying the “context had changed” in the wake of…

'Violent acts have taken place, the context has changed, words have meaning and consequence,' the forces said in a joint statement on Wednesday. The decision comes three days…

Police earlier warned anyone using chant would be arrested as ‘context has changed’ after Bondi Beach terror attack

The Metropolitan and Greater Manchester forces earlier said they would make arrests over 'globalise the intifada' chants.

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