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UK ministers to hold Cobra meeting on terrorism threat from Israel-Hamas conflict
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UK ministers will hold an emergency meeting of its Cobra committee amid concerns that the Israel-Gaza conflict has raised the possibility of a domestic terrorist incident.
Asked on Times Radio how worried people should be about an increased risk of terrorism in the UK, the education minister, Robert Halfon, said: “Well, I can’t answer for that.
Braverman has previously written to police officers urging them to clamp down on any attempts to use flags, songs or swastikas to harass or intimidate Jewish people.
Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan police commissioner, said his force was facing a “particularly challenging time” after an increase in activity from Iranian-backed groups in the UK.
Rowley predicted there would be “many, many more arrests” over the coming days as officers tracked down people who had breached public order and terrorism laws at recent protests.
On Sunday, five people were charged with offences, including displaying an illegal placard and assaulting a police officer, after the third consecutive weekend of mass pro-Palestinian demonstrations in the capital on Saturday.
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