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The Home Secretary expressed regret that pro-Palestinian protests went ahead on Thursday evening following the terrorist incident that took two lives near a Jewish place of worship in Manchester.

The top security official additionally urged demonstrators to "pause" from plans to stage protests in the next few days.

"I do think that proceeding in this manner appears un-British, it feels inappropriate," she remarked about demonstrations scheduled for this week.

Protesters in downtown London protesting the Israeli navy intercepting a flotilla carrying humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip clashed with police officers outside the Prime Minister's residence on Thursday evening.

Substantial groups carrying Palestinian flags and placards could be seen on Whitehall into the night.

The Metropolitan Police reported that 40 people had been arrested. Six of those detained were detained over attacks against law enforcement personnel.

"It is important to draw a line between events unfolding in the Middle East and what is happening at in our country," the minister remarked on a morning news program on Friday.

"I would advise to people who are intending to go on a protest is to reconsider briefly for a short while, and consider if you had suffered the loss of a close relative to a terror attack in this country," she added.

There were "substantial" powers to defend the right to protest, she mentioned, but they could be set aside on the advice of the police.

"I can follow guidance from the law enforcement, if they were to advise me there was an insufficient resources to respond and to oversee the demonstrations, then there are legal measures that are available," she elaborated.

Jewish community representatives express apprehensions

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

The movement was outlawed as a prohibited organization in July. At multiple demonstrations following the ban, numerous individuals have been arrested for showing support for the group, which has obtained permission to dispute the restriction.

"A portion of them include blatant antisemitism, outright support for the militant group. Not all participants, however there is a significant amount of this, which clearly poses dangerous to many within our society," the religious leader declared.

"There's no distinction between the rhetoric on our streets, the actions of individuals in this manner, and what subsequently occurs, which was Thursday's violent act."

Additionally, he appealed to the administration "once more", to "take control on these demonstrations, they are dangerous."