Police powerless to ban October 7 march as eleven are arrested for 'inciting racial hatred' on Hamas anniversary
From the Newshound archive · first published 7 October 2026 · last updated 8 October 2026.
Police detaining a protester during pro-Palestine demonstrations in London, as five people were arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred after chanting intifada slogans outside the Board of Deputies of British…Students from Oxford, SOAS and other universities among pro-Palestine marchers who swept London on the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks, as Sadiq Khan inflamed tensions by condemning the 'reprehensible…A masked protester among demonstrators at Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, as counter-protesters clashed with marchers near Russell Square on the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks.Protesters outside the Board of Deputies of British Jews headquarters in London, as Jewish communities marked three years since Hamas terrorists murdered around 1,200 people and took more than 250 hostages.
Students from the University of London Coalition pushed ahead with a pro-Palestine march through central London on the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks, despite police pleading for them to change the date. Officers had banned face coverings but protesters reportedly hid behind umbrellas, sunglasses and keffiyehs to evade identification, with police nabbing only a handful. Eleven people were arrested in total, five for allegedly chanting intifada slogans outside the Board of Deputies of British Jews in Camden, the rest for Public Order Act breaches and common assault.
One protester was spotted making an inverted red triangle gesture with her fingers — a symbol Hamas has used to mark Israeli targets.
Counter-protesters at Russell Square chanted 'terrorist supporters off our streets' as the Met placed officers between the two groups.
