Pro-Palestinian protest areas become no-go zones for Jews in London

• Published date: 08 March 2024
• Author: MAARIV
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

According to the BBC report, Simcox urged ministers to "be bolder and be prepared to take a higher legal risk" in dealing with extremism. Last week Prime Minister Sunak warned against forces "trying to tear the country apart." Simcox wrote in the Telegraph that Sunak was right to point to an increase in extremism. He said he now needed "policies to meet the scale of the challenge."

He said the creation of a new definition of extremism, which the BBC understood would be published next week, had a "clear purpose" and would be used "to guide future decisions about what the government does or does not do". He also said the government already has "more power to deal with extremism than it sometimes thinks."

Betraying democracy?

According to him, "We have not betrayed democracy if extremists are no longer able to operate television channels and we will not be an authoritarian state if it is no longer allowed to make London a forbidden zone for Jews every weekend. All these things and more have become normal in Britain." However, John Rees...