LONDON (NEWSnet/AP) — Thousands of people including former Britain Prime Minister Boris Johnson gathered Sunday in London for a march against antisemitism.
Johnson was joined by the U.K.'s Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and other senior government officials at the march to express solidarity with the Jewish community.
Marchers waved Israel and the U.K.'s Union Jack flags and held placards reading “Never Again Is Now” and “Zero Tolerance for Antisemites."
Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, the former leader of English Defence League, was detained by police at the march. Yaxley-Lennon, known by his alias Tommy Robinson, was among counter-protesters who clashed with police during an Armistice Day march in London.
Police said he refused to leave after he was warned about concerns that his presence would cause “harassment, alarm and distress to others."
Gideon Falter, chief executive of Campaign Against Antisemitism, said the rally came after weeks of pro-Palestine demonstrations that had made the capital a “no-go zone for Jews."
On Saturday, thousands of pro-Palestine protesters marched to demand a permanent cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.
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