Overview

• Writing in The Times, the prime minister urged students not to hold anniversary demonstrations and said some rallies have been used as a pretext to target British Jews.
• The Home Office says it will amend Sections 12 and 14 of the Public Order Act to let police consider the cumulative impact of frequent protests when imposing conditions.
• Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will review whether existing powers are sufficient and consistently applied, including the scope to prohibit events.
• Pro‑Palestinian talks, vigils and protests are scheduled on the anniversary in London, Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Edinburgh and at universities across the UK.
• A knife attack outside a Manchester synagogue last week killed two men, and Greater Manchester Police pledged every available resource to establish what happened, while reporting from Trafalgar Square noted thousands attending commemorations and almost 500 arrests at pro‑Palestine protests.