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The Home Secretary voiced disappointment that pro-Palestinian demonstrations continued on Thursday evening following the terrorist incident that took two lives near a Jewish place of worship in Manchester.

The home secretary additionally appealed to demonstrators to "reconsider" from plans to hold marches in the coming days.

"I do think that continuing in this manner does feel un-British, it feels misguided," the minister commented concerning demonstrations scheduled for this weekend.

Protesters in downtown London protesting the Israeli navy halting a aid convoy carrying aid to the Gaza Strip confronted with police officers near Downing Street on Thursday evening.

Substantial groups displaying Palestinian flags and signs could be spotted on the government district into the night.

The Metropolitan Police announced that fourty individuals had been taken into custody. A half-dozen of those apprehended were arrested for attacks against law enforcement personnel.

"It is important to make a distinction between events unfolding in the Middle Eastern region and situations developing at home," the home secretary stated during a breakfast show on Friday morning.

"My message would be to individuals who are intending to go on a protest is to reconsider briefly for a short while, and imagine if you had suffered the loss of a close relative to a terrorist incident in this country," she continued.

There were "strong" authorities to defend the right to protest, she stated, but they could be set aside on the recommendation of the law enforcement.

"I can take my lead from the police, if they were to tell me there was an lack of capacity to handle and to control the demonstrations, then there are legal measures that are at my disposal," she clarified.

Community leaders voice worries

Britain's senior rabbinical leader remarked that many members of the Jewish community questioned why protests in solidarity of Palestinian advocacy groups had been allowed to take place.

The movement was outlawed as a prohibited organization in July. At multiple demonstrations after that, hundreds have been detained for showing support for the group, which has secured permission to dispute the restriction.

"A portion of them feature outright anti-Jewish sentiment, direct backing for the militant group. Not everyone involved, however there is considerable of this, which undoubtedly represents risky to many within our community," the religious leader stated.

"You cannot separate the words on our streets, the behavior of people in this manner, and what inevitably results, which was Thursday's terrorist attack."

He also appealed to the administration "repeatedly", to "assert authority on these demonstrations, they are harmful."