Al Quds Day Parade

“This Assembly notes with alarm that the Al Quds Day parade has become an event which many people consider to be anti-Semitic.

This Assembly believes that this march provides an opportunity for anti-Semitic organisations to publicise themselves and that the Police have been unable to prevent the display of material that aims to recruit to terrorist organisations. We also note the loophole which allows Hezbollah flags to be flown in the streets of London and that the political wing of Hezbollah is not proscribed as a terrorist organisation in the United Kingdom, unlike in the United States, France, Israel, the Netherlands, Bahrain, Australia and the Arab League where the whole of Hezbollah is proscribed in full as a terrorist organisation.

We call upon the Mayor to now act upon this and write to the Home Secretary on behalf of the people of London to ask her to take action to ensure that the Met Police can protect London against the promotion of terrorist material and violence. We further support the Mayor’s work to tackle all forms of prejudice, and the violence that arises from it, including faith-based prejudice such as anti-Semitism and islamophobia; as well as attacks on race, gender, sexual orientation and disability.”