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The Home Secretary expressed dismay that Palestinian-supporting demonstrations proceeded on Thursday evening following the terror attack that took the lives of two men near a Jewish place of worship in Manchester.

The top security official also urged demonstrators to "reconsider" from intentions to hold marches in the days ahead.

"I believe that proceeding in this fashion seems contrary to British values, it seems inappropriate," the minister commented concerning demonstrations planned for this weekend.

Demonstrators in central London protesting the Israel's naval forces intercepting a aid convoy carrying aid to the Gaza Strip confronted with police officers near the Prime Minister's residence on Thursday evening.

Substantial groups carrying flags of Palestine and signs could be seen on Whitehall throughout the evening.

The police force stated that 40 people had been detained. Six of those apprehended were arrested for assaults on police officers.

"It's crucial to draw a line between events unfolding in the Middle East and what is happening at home," the home secretary remarked on a television interview on Friday.

"My message would be to people who are intending to go on a demonstration is to pause and reflect for a short while, and consider if you had suffered the loss of a loved one to a terror attack in this country," she emphasized.

There were "substantial" measures to protect the freedom to demonstrate, she mentioned, but they could be set aside on the advice of the law enforcement.

"I can take my lead from the law enforcement, if they were to tell me there was an inability to handle and to control the protests, then there are powers that are accessible," she elaborated.

Community representatives express apprehensions

Britain's senior rabbinical leader remarked that many people of the Jewish community asked why protests in support of Palestinian advocacy groups had been authorized to occur.

The movement was outlawed as a terrorist organisation in July. At multiple protests after that, hundreds have been taken into custody for expressing solidarity for the organization, which has secured permission to contest the proscription.

"Some of them contain outright antisemitism, clear support for Hamas. Not everyone involved, however there is a significant amount of this, which certainly is harmful to many within our society," the religious leader declared.

"It's impossible to disconnect the speech on our streets, the conduct of people in this manner, and what subsequently occurs, which was the recent terrorist attack."

Additionally, he urged the government "repeatedly", to "take control on these demonstrations, they are risky."