The British police will be granted greater powers to curb repeated protests, the UK Home Office announced on Sunday. This came a day after about 500 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested in central London for supporting the banned activist group Palestine Action.

The Home Office announcement comes after police and lawmakers asked organisers to call off Saturday’s “Lift the Ban" protest, which came just days after the Manchester synagogue attack where two people were killed on Yom Kippur, Judaism’s holiest day, CNN reported.

However, the organisers of the protest “Defend Our Juries" rejected the calls, saying “canceling peaceful protests lets terror win".

According to CNN, more than 2,000 people have been arrested at similar demonstrations across the United Kingdom since Palestine Act

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