Protests over Israel-Hamas War Cost U.K. over £25 Million

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A demonstrator holds a Palestinian flag while talking to a police officer, during a protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in London, November 25, 2023.

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The cost for police force to manage Israel-Gaza protests in the United Kingdom since October 7 is roughly £25.4 million pounds, or roughly $31,600,000 U.S. dollars, according to a report by the Home Affairs Committee in the House of Commons.

The report, published on February 21, states that over 900 protests occurred between October 7, 2023 and December 6, 2023. Of those protests, a majority were organized solely or jointly by the groups known as the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Stop the War Coalition, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, and the Muslim Association of Britain.

Abigail Anthony

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Abigail Anthony is a staff writer at National Review.

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