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The United Kingdom's government and police urged organizers of a planned anti-Israel protest to cancel the event following this week’s deadly synagogue attack, saying demonstrators should "respect the grief of British Jews."

"I know that planned protests over the weekend, just a few days before the anniversary of the October 7 attacks, as well as in the shadow of the Manchester attack, will cause distress," British Prime Minister Keir Starmer wrote in an opinion piece for The Jewish Chronicle. He called on the protest organizers to reconsider and to "respect the grief of British Jews this week."

"This is a moment of mourning. It is not a time to stoke tension and cause further pain," Starmer added.

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