A person has scaled Sheffield Town Hall, ripped down the Israeli flag and tried to interchange it with the Palestinian flag as crowds applauded.
Two males are stated to have climbed the constructing earlier than getting down and fleeing the scene, police stated.
Footage reveals a hooded man shuffling alongside the ridge of the roof, round 60 metres off the bottom.
After reaching the mast he hauls down the flag, video reveals, earlier than making an attempt to boost the Palestinian flag instead.
The crowds beneath celebrated as Israel’s flag was thrown to the ground, cheering the person who then climbed down and ran away.
The information got here because the Home Secretary warned that waving a Palestinian flag on British streets “may not be legitimate” whether it is achieved to point out help for acts of terrorism.
In a letter to chief constables throughout England and Wales, Suella Braverman urged officers to make use of the “full force of the law” towards reveals of help for Hamas following its unprecedented assault towards Israel.
It comes after vigils had been held in Westminster for Israeli civilians killed and held captive, whereas pro-Palestinian rallies occurred exterior the Israeli embassy in Kensington.
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Ms Braverman stated focusing on Jewish neighbourhoods, waving pro-Palestinian or pro-Hamas symbols, and chanting anti-Israeli slogans might all quantity to public order offences.
Hamas has been proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the UK and lots of different Western nations, together with the EU and the US.
Because of this, she reminded police forces that it’s a legal offence for folks within the UK to:
• Belong to Hamas or invite help for the group
• Wear clothes in public that implies they’re a member or supporter of Hamas
• Publish photographs of flags or logos linked to the organisation
“At a time when Hamas terrorists are massacring civilians and taking the most vulnerable (including the elderly, women, and children) hostage, we can all recognise the harrowing effect that displays of their logos and flags can have on communities,” Ms Braverman wrote.
She added unrest within the Middle East has beforehand been used “as a pretext to stir up hatred against British Jews” – and there may be an “obvious risk this pattern will be repeated during the current conflict”.
“In the past, this has included vandalism of Jewish businesses, desecration of memorials and religious sites, physical and verbal abuse of Jews on the streets, convoys driving through Jewish neighbourhoods hurling antisemitic abuse, and proliferation of antisemitism online,” she warned.
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On Monday, a kosher restaurant in Golders Green – an space of north London with a major Jewish inhabitants – had its home windows smashed and a money register stolen, whereas “Free Palestine” was daubed on a close-by railway bridge.
The graffiti is being investigated as a possible hate crime by the British Transport Police, with native authorities describing it as a “deliberate attempt to intimidate the Jewish community”.
Source: information.sky.com”