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Three much radical person been charged aft a pro-Palestinian protestation successful cardinal London connected Saturday.
Thousands gathered successful the metropolis to explicit enactment for Palestinians, the time earlier a ceasefire woody betwixt Israel and Hamas came into force.
The static protestation a took spot successful Whitehall aft constabulary blocked plans to clasp a march from Portland Place, adjacent the office of the BBC.
The Metropolitan Police said determination was a "coordinated effort" to breach conditions imposed connected the rally – thing which has been denied by protestation organisers.
Announcing the latest charges connected Monday, the Met Police said Benjamin Jamal, 61, of Kingston-upon-Thames, south-west London, is accused of nationalist bid offences, including inciting radical to neglect to comply with protestation conditions.
He is owed to look astatine Westminster Magistrates' Court connected Tuesday.
Mr Jamal is the manager of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, which organised the protest.
In a statement, Mr Jamal said helium would "vigorously contest" the charges against him and described the scenes connected Saturday arsenic "a immense battle connected the close to state of assembly and to protest".
Jamila Zadran, 32, of East Ham, has charged with assaulting an exigency worker, portion Luke Jacobs, 22, of West Hampstead, has been charged with obstructing a constabulary serviceman and transgression damage.
The latest charges travel aft the Met announced connected Sunday that 9 radical had been charged with nationalist bid offences. They are owed to look astatine Westminster Magistrates Court successful the coming days, the unit added.
It emerged connected Sunday that autarkic MPs Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell were voluntarily interviewed nether caution by constabulary pursuing the rally.
The erstwhile Labour leader, 75, and erstwhile shadiness chancellor, 73, voluntarily attended a constabulary presumption successful the superior connected Sunday.
In a connection connected Monday, the Met did not place the brace but said 2 men, aged 75 and 73, attended voluntary interviews connected Sunday and they had been "released pending further investigations".
Police had imposed a information connected the rally nether the Public Order Act that prevented it gathering successful the country due to the fact that of its adjacent proximity to a synagogue and a hazard determination could beryllium "serious disruption" arsenic congregants attended services connected the Jewish beatified day.
In a station connected X connected Saturday, the Met posted a photograph of what it said was a radical "that forced its mode done the constabulary line" being held astatine the north-west country of Trafalgar Square.
In response, Corbyn said successful a separate post: "This is not an close statement of events astatine all."
He said helium was portion of a delegation of speakers who wished to "peacefully transportation and laic flowers successful representation of children successful Gaza who had been killed".
He added: "This was facilitated by the police. We did not unit our mode through."
McDonnell echoed Corbyn's comments successful his own station connected X, saying: "We did not unit our mode thru (sic), the constabulary allowed america to spell thru (sic) & erstwhile stopped successful Trafalgar Square we laid our flowers down & dispersed."
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