{"id":120500,"date":"2023-10-23T19:31:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=120500"},"modified":"2023-10-23T19:31:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:31:51","slug":"rishi-sunak-blasts-metropolitan-police-for-not-acting-on-jihadi-chants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/politics\/rishi-sunak-blasts-metropolitan-police-for-not-acting-on-jihadi-chants\/","title":{"rendered":"Rishi Sunak blasts Metropolitan police for not acting on \u2018jihadi\u2019 chants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/secondary\/5028649.jpg?r=1698088375503\"><\/p>\n<p>In a damning response to Scotland Yard\u2019s handling of demonstrations, the Prime Minister dismissed claims that officers need new powers to deal with hate crimes on Britain\u2019s streets and told them to get on with the job using laws already in place.<\/p>\n<p>He warned that calls for Muslim armies to rise up are a threat to the Jewish community and \u201cour democratic values\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sunak also announced British intelligence believes the deadly blast at a Gaza hospital last week was likely caused by a missile launched from within the region towards Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Updating MPs on the latest developments following the October 7 atrocity, the PM officers must show the \u201cfull force of the law\u201d against extremist demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Don&#8217;t miss&#8230; <\/strong> <strong>Met chief says not police job to enforce &#8216;taste and decency&#8217; after &#8216;jihad&#8217; chant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cCalls for Jihad on our streets are not only a threat to the Jewish community but to our democratic values.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we expect the police to take all necessary action to tackle extremism head-on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MPs said British Jews are \u201cincreasingly feeling unsafe\u201d in their own country which had been made worse by the \u201capparent refusal of the Metropolitan Police to do anything about it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Downing Street said new measures are not needed to tackle extremist language during protests because forces already have \u201cextensive powers\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Home Secretary Suella Braverman confronted Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley about the decision not to arrest protestors chanting jihad at a pro-Palestine march on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/secondary\/5028651.jpg?r=1698088375563\"><\/p>\n<p>At an event on Saturday organised by Hizb ut-Tahrir, &#8211; which former leaders Sir Tony Blair and David Cameron both tried to ban &#8211; a speaker was filmed asking: \u201cWhat is the solution to liberate people in the concentration camp called Palestine?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response, at least one man in the crowd could be heard chanting: \u201cJihad, jihad, jihad\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Police provoked fury after claiming \u2018jihad\u2019 has a \u201cnumber of meanings\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Mark said that hate crime laws \u201cprobably need redrawing\u201d as he defended Scotland Yard\u2019s handling of the rallies.<\/p>\n<p>The Met Commissioner insisted officers were \u201cruthless in tackling anybody who puts their foot over the legal line\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But he suggested some of the lines \u201caren\u2019t in the right place\u201d.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Advert-free experience without interruptions.<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Rocket-fast speedy loading pages.<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Exclusive &amp; Unlimited access to all our content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Mr Sunak said: \u201cHateful extremism has no place in our society. Calls for jihad and Muslim armies to rise up are not only a threat to the Jewish community but also a threat to our democratic values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The PM said where there are \u201cgaps\u201d in the law he is \u201chappy to address and look at those\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we do believe at the moment the police do have the powers to arrest those who are inciting violence or racial hatred, there is no place on our streets for that type of behaviour and we will work extensively to clarify the guidance to officers on the ground so they are aware fully about the powers and tools that are available to them to make sure these people feel the force of the law,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>There are 200 police probes into suspected offences linked to protests and online abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Mark admitted that some of the scenes in London over the weekend would have been \u201cincredibly distressing for people to witness, not least to the UK\u2019s Jewish community who deserve to feel safe at what must be an incredibly traumatic time\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cWe\u2019re accountable for the law. We can\u2019t enforce taste or decency, but we can enforce the law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe conversation finished really around the line of the law. It\u2019s our job to enforce to that line. It\u2019s Parliament\u2019s job to draw that line. And the thought that maybe events at the moment &#8230; maybe some of the lines aren\u2019t quite in the right place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe law that we\u2019ve designed around hate crime and terrorism over recent decades hasn\u2019t taken full account of the ability in extremist groups to steer around those laws and propagating the truly toxic messages through social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose lines probably need redrawing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the Commons after telephone talks with Western leaders including US President Joe Biden at the weekend, Mr Sunak reiterated his message that Britain stands with Israel.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed that British intelligence believes the likely cause of the al Ahli hospital last week was \u201ca missile, or part of one, that was launched from within Gaza towards Israel\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of people are believed to have been killed in the blast at the hospital, which provoked condemnation around the world as well as rival claims about who was to blame.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC has faced criticism after a reporter appeared to blame Israel for the rocket strike.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sunak, who visited Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt last week, hit out at the \u201cmisreporting\u201d of the incident, which he said had a \u201cnegative effect in the region, including on a vital US diplomatic effort and on tensions here at home\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In comments cheered by MPs, he said: \u201cWe need to learn the lessons and ensure that in future there is no rush to judgment.\u201d<br \/>The Prime Minister also used the statement to confirm that the Government will provide an additional \u00a320 million of humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>RAF and Royal Navy assets will also be deployed to monitor the situation in Israel and Palestine.<\/p>\n<p>It comes as the first aid convoys reached Gaza through the border with Egypt over the weekend, 20 lorries on Saturday and 14 on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>But the United Nations said much more was needed and the Rafah border crossing is still not open for foreign nationals seeking to flee bombarded and besieged Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sunak, who acknowledged that Palestinian people are \u201csuffering terribly\u201d, said that the new funding was \u201cmore than doubling our previous support\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI travelled first to Israel. It is a nation in mourning. But it is also a nation under attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe violence against Israel did not end on October 7. Hundreds of rockets are launched at their towns and cities every day.<br \/>\u201cAnd Hamas still holds around 200 hostages, including British citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Jerusalem, I met some of the relatives who are suffering unbearable torment. Their pain will stay with me for the rest of my days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m doing everything in my power and working all our partners to get their loved ones home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A 22-year-old British dual national serving in the Israeli military was earlier named by his family as one of those killed in the Hamas attack.<\/p>\n<p>Yosef Guedalia was a \u201crighteous and good person\u201d who was saving people \u201cminutes before he got shot\u201d, according to remarks from his brother reported by the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>Reports from Israel suggested a member of an elite commander unit was killed while confronting gunmen at Kibbutz Kfar Aza as Hamas carried out its atrocity on October 7.<\/p>\n<p>Neither the Israeli embassy in London nor the Foreign Office could confirm his death<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/politics\/1827169\/Rishi-Sunak-Metropolitan-police-jihadi-chants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a damning response to Scotland Yard\u2019s handling of demonstrations, the Prime Minister dismissed claims that officers need new powers to deal with hate crimes on Britain\u2019s streets and told<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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