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British protestors arrested for chanting ‘globalize the Intifada’

Sunday, 21 December 2025 9:45 AM [ Last Update: Sunday, 21 December 2025 10:40 AM ]

Met officers look on as pro-Palestine protesters march down Oxford Street in London on Tuesday. (PA)

The UK government's complicity with the Israeli regime's genocide in Gaza continues, but rather than pulling back, the British state is doubling down in its attacks on pro-Palestine activists who dare to speak out.

For the first time at a recent protest, British police arrested a number of people for chanting the phrase: "Globalize the Intifada."

The arrests mark a huge escalation in the government's repression of pro-Palestinian activists.

The police claimed that chanting to globalize the Intifada is a racially aggravated crime, but the chant makes no mention of any race or group of people, nor does it necessarily imply a call to violence.

UK police arrest protesters for chanting ‘globalize

UK police arrest protesters for chanting ‘globalize the intifada’

Several British protesters face arrest in recent days for chants referencing the intifada, the term used to denote the Palestinian uprisings against Israeli occupation.
the intifada’

Since October 7, 2023, the British government has adopted increasingly draconian measures to try to crush all expressions of pro-Palestinian dissent.

But activists say that the latest arrests represent a dangerous escalation in that campaign of intimidation on behalf of the Jewish Lobby.

These arrests are unlawful and will be challenged in court, and these policing powers need a full judicial review, and not just to be operated on the say-so of some officers on a power trip.

There's certainly a question of undue influence, where possibly policy decisions are being pushed by the chief rabbi and the board of deputies, and certainly a possible conflict of interest regarding the chief rabbi and his son serving in the IDF [sic].

Ultimately, this is about free speech, rule of law, and holding foreign influence to account.

Kerem Ali, Palestine Plus

UK police threaten arrests over ‘intifada’ chants at pro-Palestine protests

UK police threaten arrests over ‘intifada’ chants at pro-Palestine protests

UK police warn they will arrest anyone holding placards or chanting ‘globalize the intifada’ at pro-Palestine protests.”

Yet, while people are being arrested in the UK for merely chanting slogans, there are estimated to be dozens of Israeli soldiers in the UK walking the streets freely despite their participation in the genocide in Gaza,

When it comes to the safety of people on the streets, we have IDF [sic] terrorists that were serving in Gaza that are here in the UK.

This poses a safety risk to all Muslims in the UK, to all Arabs and to all Palestinians in the UK.

Surely, the Home Secretary needs to have their docks in order and to put these people to justice in British courts for the crimes that they've committed abroad.

Kerem Ali, Palestine Plus

But despite the increasing police aggression against them, activists are even more determined to continue exposing both the genocide in Gaza and the UK's complicity in it.