A UK minister says pro-Palestinian protests have caused 'considerable fear' for the Jewish community

A UK minister says pro-Palestinian protests have caused 'considerable fear' for the Jewish community

UK police are to be given greater powers to restrict protests as a minister said repeated large-scale pro-Palestinian demonstrations had caused "considerable fear" for the Jewish community.

The government initiative follows Thursday's deadly knife and car-ramming attack on a synagogue in the northwestern city of Manchester.

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