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☆ Fact Check: Protester with swastika tattoo photo taken in 2016
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A photo of a far-right protester with a swastika tattoo was captured in the north of England in 2016, not at counter-protests to a pro-Palestinian demo in London on Nov. 11, 2023, despite online accounts making that assertion. Police arrested more than 120 people on Nov. 11 after far-right counter protesters attempted to ambush a pro-Palestinian rally in central London that drew 300,000 demonstrators. One social media user sharing the photo on Facebook (archived) wrote: “English Defence League demonstrator at Saturdays March showing off his swastika tattoo whilst wearing a poppy. These people are that thick that irony is lost on them and I’m stuck for words.”Users of messaging platform X (archived), formerly known as Twitter, also shared the photo as if from the Nov. 11 protest. However, the photo was taken on Nov. 26, 2016 at an anti-Mosque demonstration in Bolton, Greater Manchester, according to the photojournalist who took the image.

Persons: I’m, Read Organizations: Police, English Defence League, Twitter, Nazi, Guardian, Reuters, Thomson Locations: England, London, Bolton , Greater Manchester, Bolton

☆ Huge crowds expected for London pro-Palestinian rally, police gear for trouble
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Michael Holden | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Demonstrators protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in London, Britain, October 21, 2023. "I do believe if the groups come together, there will be serious disorder," said Deputy Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor, the officer in charge. "The policing operation this weekend is huge," he told reporters, saying it would be "challenging and tense". There has been strong support and sympathy for Israel from Western governments, including Britain's, and many citizens over the Hamas attacks. But the Israeli response has also prompted anger, with weekly protests in London demanding a ceasefire.

Persons: Hannah McKay, Rishi Sunak, Laurence Taylor, Ben Jamal, Suella Braverman, Sunak, Stephen Yaxley, Lennon, Tommy Robinson, Taylor, I've, Michael Holden, Ed Osmond Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, Police, Palestine Solidarity, U.S, Reuters, PSC, English Defence League, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Palestinian, London, Britain, Palestine, Western, Sunak's

☆ Huge Crowds Expected for London Pro-Palestinian Rally, Police Gear for Trouble
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

"I do believe if the groups come together, there will be serious disorder," said Deputy Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor, the officer in charge. "The policing operation this weekend is huge," he told reporters, saying it would be "challenging and tense". There has been strong support and sympathy for Israel from Western governments, including Britain's, and many citizens over the Hamas attacks. But the Israeli response has also prompted anger, with weekly protests in London demanding a ceasefire. Lawmakers have voiced concern that far-right groups will seek to use the occasion as an excuse for violence.

Persons: Michael Holden LONDON, Rishi Sunak, Laurence Taylor, Ben Jamal, Suella Braverman, Sunak, Stephen Yaxley, Lennon, Tommy Robinson, Taylor, I've, Michael Holden, Ed Osmond Organizations: Police, Palestine Solidarity, U.S, Reuters, PSC, Hamas, English Defence League Locations: London, Palestine, Israel, Western, Sunak's, Britain

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