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The Interior Minister conveyed dismay that Palestinian-supporting demonstrations continued on Thursday evening after the terrorist incident that took the lives of two men near a synagogue in the city of Manchester.

Britain's home secretary additionally appealed to protesters to "step back" from plans to stage marches in the coming days.

"I do think that proceeding in this fashion appears un-British, it seems wrong," she stated concerning protests scheduled for this weekend.

Demonstrators in central London protesting the Israeli navy halting a flotilla transporting humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip had confrontations with law enforcement outside the Prime Minister's residence on Thursday evening.

Numerous people carrying flags of Palestine and banners could be seen on the government district into the night.

London's police force announced that fourty individuals had been arrested. A half-dozen of those arrested were charged with attacks against law enforcement personnel.

"It is important to establish separation between what is happening in the Middle East and what is happening at home," the home secretary stated during a television interview on Friday.

"I would say to individuals who are considering to join a demonstration is to reconsider briefly for a short while, and think about if you had suffered the loss of a loved one to a terror attack in this country," she added.

There were "strong" powers to safeguard the freedom to demonstrate, she mentioned, but they could be overridden on the guidance of the law enforcement.

"I can take my lead from the law enforcement, if they were to tell me there was an inability to respond and to oversee the protests, then there are authorities that are accessible," she clarified.

Jewish community representatives voice concerns

Britain's senior rabbinical leader stated that many members of the Jewish population asked why protests in solidarity of Palestinian causes had been permitted to proceed.

The movement was banned as a terror group in July. At multiple demonstrations after that, numerous individuals have been taken into custody for expressing solidarity for the group, which has obtained authorization to contest the ban.

"Some of them contain outright anti-Jewish sentiment, direct support for Hamas. Not everyone involved, however there is considerable of such content, which undoubtedly represents risky to many within our community," the chief rabbi remarked.

"There's no distinction between the words on our streets, the actions of people in this way, and what inevitably results, which was the recent violent act."

He also called on the administration "yet again", to "assert authority on these protests, they are risky."