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Pro-Palestine protester displaying swastika among arrests as tens of thousands march in London

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People displaying a swastika inside a Star of David and other Nazi symbols were among those arrested as tens of thousands of Pro-Palestine protesters took to the streets of London on Saturday.

Officers had made 18 arrests as of 7pm on Saturday evening, following what the force called a “significant policing operation”, but the Met stressed the “overwhelming majority” of demonstrators had protested lawfully.

The Metropolitan Police had issued a warning over the spreading of hate speech ahead of the latest major demonstration in the capital calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

Protesters holding placards and Palestinian flags take part in a ‘National March For Palestine’ in central London on Saturday (AFP via Getty Images)

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