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Britain's Home Secretary conveyed dismay that Palestinian-supporting demonstrations proceeded on Thursday evening following the terror attack that took two lives outside a Jewish place of worship in Manchester.

Britain's home secretary also called on demonstrators to "reconsider" from plans to organize protests in the coming days.

"In my view that proceeding in this manner seems un-British, it feels misguided," the minister commented concerning demonstrations planned for this week.

Demonstrators in central London protesting the Israel's naval forces intercepting a aid convoy carrying aid to the Gaza Strip had confrontations with law enforcement near Downing Street on Thursday evening.

Numerous people displaying Palestinian flags and banners could be seen on the government district into the night.

The Metropolitan Police announced that 40 people had been detained. Six of those apprehended were charged with assaults on law enforcement personnel.

"It's crucial to establish separation between events unfolding in the Middle Eastern region and what is happening at in our country," the home secretary remarked on a television interview on Friday morning.

"I would say to people who are intending to go on a demonstration is to just take a step back for a short while, and consider if you had lost a family member to a terror attack in this country," she emphasized.

There were "robust" measures to safeguard the right to demonstrate, she mentioned, but they could be set aside on the guidance of the law enforcement.

"I can follow guidance from the police, if they were to advise me there was an lack of capacity to respond and to control the protests, then there are powers that are at my disposal," she elaborated.

Community leaders voice worries

The UK's Chief Rabbi remarked that many people of the Jewish population questioned why protests in solidarity of Palestinian advocacy groups had been authorized to take place.

The group was banned as a terror group in July. At various demonstrations since then, numerous individuals have been arrested for expressing solidarity for the group, which has obtained authorization to challenge the restriction.

"A portion of them feature outright antisemitism, direct support for the militant group. Not all participants, however there is so much of these elements, which undoubtedly represents dangerous to many within our society," the religious leader stated.

"It's impossible to disconnect the words on our streets, the conduct of individuals in this manner, and what inevitably results, which was the recent terrorist attack."

He also called on the administration "once more", to "get a grip on these protests, they are harmful."