Synagogue Attack: Shabana Mahmood Urges Pro-Palestine Protesters Not To March This Weekend

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68df75ce14000029c95c6d0a.jpeg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Protesters attend a pro Palestinian demonstration in 2023" data-caption="Protesters attend a pro Palestinian demonstration in 2023" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" />Protesters attend a pro Palestinian demonstration in 2023</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p>Home secretary <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/shabana-mahmood/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shabana Mahmood </a>has called on pro-Palestine protesters not to take part in events this weekend as a mark of “solidarity” with the Jewish community after <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/two-killed-in-horrific-terror-attack-on-manchester-synagogue_uk_68de6ff8e4b0c450ba655677">two people were killed </a>in a terror attack on a Manchester synagogue.</p><p>She said they should take a “step back” and imagine it was their loved ones who had died before deciding whether to go ahead with their plans.</p><p>Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66 were killed after Jihad Al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent, drove into a group of people outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue before launching a knife attack on Thursday morning.</p><p>Three other worshippers remain seriously ill in hospital. The attacker was shot dead by armed police.</p><p>Pro-Palestine marches went ahead as planned across the UK on Thursday night, and saw dozens of arrests made in London following clashes with police.</p><p>The campaign group Defend Our Juries is due to hold a demonstration in Trafalgar Square on Saturday protesting against the proscription of Palestine Action.</p><p>On <a href="https://www