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Britain's Home Secretary voiced dismay that Palestinian-supporting protests proceeded on Thursday after the terror attack that took two lives near a Jewish place of worship in Manchester.

The home secretary additionally called on demonstrators to "reconsider" from plans to hold protests in the next few days.

"I believe that continuing in this way appears contrary to British values, it feels wrong," the minister commented concerning protests planned for this weekend.

Protesters in central London demonstrating against the Israel's naval forces halting a flotilla transporting aid to Gaza had confrontations with law enforcement near the Prime Minister's residence on Thursday evening.

Numerous people displaying flags of Palestine and banners could be spotted on the government district into the night.

London's police force stated that fourty individuals had been arrested. A half-dozen of those arrested were charged with attacks against police officers.

"It is important to make a distinction between events unfolding in the Middle East and what is happening at home," the home secretary stated during a television interview on Friday.

"I would say to people who are considering to participate in a demonstration is to just take a step back for a short while, and imagine if you had lost a close relative to a terror attack in this nation," she added.

There were "robust" authorities to safeguard the right to demonstrate, she stated, but they could be superseded on the advice of the police.

"I can act based from the police, if they were to tell me there was an lack of capacity to respond and to control the demonstrations, then there are powers that are accessible," she explained.

Community leaders voice worries

Britain's Chief Rabbi commented that many members of the Jewish community wondered why protests in support of Palestinian advocacy groups had been allowed to take place.

The movement was proscribed as a prohibited organization in July. At numerous demonstrations following the ban, numerous individuals have been arrested for demonstrating backing for the organization, which has won approval to challenge the ban.

"Some of them include blatant anti-Jewish sentiment, clear support for Hamas. Not all participants, however there is considerable of such content, which undoubtedly represents dangerous to many within our community," the chief rabbi declared.

"It's impossible to disconnect the words on our public spaces, the conduct of people in this manner, and what subsequently occurs, which was the recent terrorist attack."

Additionally, he urged the government "yet again", to "take control on these protests, they are harmful."