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<\/p>\nA MASSIVE 24\/7 ring of steel will protect the Cenotaph amid fears of violent clashes at pro-Palestinian protests on Armistice Day.<\/p>\n
More than half a million protesters are expected to march through central London calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.<\/p>\n
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Protesters will gather in Hyde Park at midday before marching to the US embassy at Vauxhall for around 4pm.<\/p>\n
More than 11,000 people in Gaza have been killed by Israeli airstrikes since the Hamas massacre on October 7, including 4,500 children.<\/p>\n
Scotland Yard said protesters will be "effectively banned" from going anywhere near Remembrance events at the Cenotaph – which is not on the planned march route.<\/p>\n
The Cenotaph will be protected by metal barriers and officers working around the clock until Remembrance events are over on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The Met said: "To protect national remembrance events and locations, particularly the Cenotaph, an exclusion zone will be put in place.<\/p>\n "It will cover Whitehall, Horse Guards Parade, the Westminster Abbey Field of Remembrance and other relevant areas, in effect banning those on the march from these locations.<\/p>\n "Anyone believed to be part of, or associated with, the pro-Palestinian demonstration trying to assemble in this area can be arrested.<\/p>\n "There will be metal barriers and officers in place to protect it.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n "The Cenotaph will have a dedicated 24 hour police presence which began on Thursday and will remain in place until the conclusion of remembrance events on Sunday.<\/p>\n "Officers will be preventing anyone from approaching or interfering with the Cenotaph in any way."<\/p>\n Protesters have also been banned from the US embassy in Nine Elms and the Israeli embassy in High Street Kensington.<\/p>\n A dispersal order is in place for any smaller groups causing disorder in Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus.<\/p>\n Cops have also been given special search powers in Westminster and parts of Wandsworth and Lambeth, in response to concerns there could be a counter-protest involving far-right groups and football hooligans.<\/p>\n The powers allow them to search anyone in the area for weapons and make them take off face coverings.<\/p>\n Specialist officers in cars and motorbikes will track hate convoys planning to "pass through Jewish communities waving flags and shouting anti-Semitic abuse".<\/p>\n Police will "intervene as they approach" to stop the convoys terrorising Jewish communities in and around London.<\/p>\n It comes days after Home Secretary Suella Braverman accused the police of "playing favourites" with left-wing protesters – sparking civil war in the Tory party.<\/p>\n Braverman's article in The Times slamming what she called "hate marches" was not cleared by No 10, possibly breaking the Ministerial Code.<\/p>\n At lunchtime No10 chose to stand by an embattled Ms Braverman.<\/p>\n More than 1,000 cops from across the UK have been drafted into London amid fears of violent clashes.<\/p>\n They will join around 2,000 Met officers policing a pro-Palestine march through central London after Saturday\u2019s two-minute silence.<\/p>\n The reinforcements from the counties under mutual aid arrangements follows intelligence that breakaway groups could try to provoke trouble.<\/p>\n There will be an extra 778 regional cops on duty in the capital on Saturday and 288 on Sunday.<\/p>\n Chief Constable Chris Haward, leading the police response to the trouble arising from conflict in Gaza, said more than 100,000 protestors could be heading for the capital.<\/p>\n But he said it was impossible to ban the march because the threat of serious violence had to be proved under the law.<\/p>\n He added that even if a march was barred, police would still not be able to stop a huge crowd gathering in one place.<\/p>\n "You will still expect to have 100,000 people, maybe more, turning up who will then be in a static position," he said.<\/p>\n Mr Haward added: "The threshold (for a ban) is extremely high. It is about serious violence, and not about the words that might be chanted."<\/p>\n Gavin Stephens, chairman of the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC), stressed that protests outside the capital since the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas have been \u201clargely peaceful.\u201d<\/p>\n Just eight arrests were made at 67 protests across the country between November 2 and 5.<\/p>\n However, 29 people were arrested over the central London protest last weekend.<\/p>\n Fireworks were thrown at cops and crowds chanted anti-Israel slogans.<\/p>\n He defended Met commissioner Sir Mark Rowley\u2019s right to allow the Armistice Day march in the face of opposition from the Government.<\/p>\n Mr Stephens said: "In policing we need the space to make difficult operational decisions in an independent manner.<\/p>\n "That space is set out very clearly in law in the Policing Protocol Order which was refreshed earlier this year.<\/p>\n "The decisions that we take are not easy ones, but we do so impartially, without fear or favour, and in line with both the law and our authorised professional practice."<\/p>\n And Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has warned that Sir Mark would be accountable for maintaining order over the weekend.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-24695511-1699622462298.jpg\")
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