Overview

• Organisers say campus actions will proceed on Tuesday, including a London Inter‑University March from King’s College past LSE and UCL to SOAS and a Queen Mary rally titled “Two Years of Genocide, Two Years of Resistance.”
• Sir Keir Starmer and the prime minister’s spokesperson urged students to show “humanity” and not attend, with Starmer describing plans for the day as unpatriotic.
• Hundreds were arrested in London over the weekend at a demonstration linked to the banned group Palestine Action, underscoring a harder policing stance.
• Jewish groups including the Union of Jewish Students, the Jewish Leadership Council and the Board of Deputies condemned the timing as deeply hurtful, days after two worshippers were killed at Manchester’s Heaton Park synagogue.
• The Home Secretary has proposed amending sections 12 and 14 of the Public Order Act to let police factor in the cumulative impact of repeat protests and impose tougher conditions or bans.