The slogan which has faced increased scrutiny in recent weeks as Downing Street described it as 'deeply offensive' to many.
Attiq Malik was pictured leading the controversial chant in 2021 An adviser to the Metropolitan Police has been seen leading a chant of ‘from the river to the sea’ in footage recorded two years ago. Attiq Malik is a solicitor who chairs an official advisory body for Scotland Yard, and advises the force on their response to protests over the Israel-Hamas conflict, The Telegraph has revealed.
Among its formal objectives are to ‘inform and help shape policy and procedure at a strategic level’. The Met describes the forum as a ‘strategic advisory body’. The Met’s policing of pro-Palestine marches has been called into question in recent weeks after officers were seen taking no action in response to calls for ‘jihad’. Home Secretary Suella Braverman said the ‘river to the sea’ chant could be understood as ‘an expression of a violent desire to see Israel erased’.
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