Overview

• The Palestine Solidarity Campaign-led march formed on Victoria Embankment and moved toward a rally in Whitehall under Public Order Act conditions set by the Metropolitan Police.
• Tens of thousands joined the demonstration a day after the Israel–Hamas ceasefire took effect, with organizers having forecast hundreds of thousands.
• Police separated a Stop The Hate counter-protest at the Aldwych–Strand junction and managed routes to keep groups apart.
• Officers removed several people carrying placards stating “we stand with Britain’s Jews” from the pro-Palestine crowd along the Embankment.
• Scotland Yard referenced government proposals to expand protest powers but said the law has not changed, following recent protests that included arrests under existing conditions.