Cost of Policing Gaza Protests in London Reaches £32 Million

Published on March 9, 2024

The cost of policing Gaza-related protests in London has reached over £32 million, the Metropolitan Police said on Friday ahead of another major demonstration on Saturday. The march, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), is the fifth major demonstration of the year so far, the Met said. PSC said ahead of the event that it was expecting “hundreds of thousands of people” to march from Hyde Park Corner to the U.S. Embassy. Demonstrations and vigils related to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the UK began on Oct. 9, 2023, two days after Hamas terrorists attacked Israel and one day after Israel declared war on Hamas....