Twelve arrests at al-Quds Day rally and counterprotest in London
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UK: 12 Arrested Amid London Al-Quds Day Protests
Was banning the Al-Quds Day march a necessary safety measure or an authoritarian attack on the right to protest?
Above: Counter-protesters wave Israeli and U.S. flags at a position on the opposite side of the River Thames as protesters wave Palestinian flags and placards in central London on March 15. Image credit: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images
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Left narrative
The banning of the Al-Quds Day march was a shameful, heavy-handed assault on the fundamental right to protest. Yet the state's cowardice could not extinguish the zeal of the people — those who came did so defiantly, with thunderous voices and unbreakable conviction. When power fears a march, it reveals far more about itself than about those it seeks to silence.
Right narrative
Those who defied the ban brazenly endorsed a sanctioned regime mid-conflict, chanting death to allied nations on British soil. This provocation dressed as principle threatened both public safety and national security. Those who choose to ignore the rule of law undermine the very missions they seek to further.
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