Jewish man questioned by police in London for ‘antagonising’ Palestine protesters by wearing Star of David

The man, in his 40s, was arrested at around 7pm on August 29 during a pro-Palestine demonstration outside the Israeli Embassy in Kensington

A Jewish lawyer wearing a Star of David was arrested after police claimed the symbol “antagonised” pro-Palestine protesters.

Footage obtained by the Telegraph shows a detective appearing to accuse the man of wearing the symbol in a way that could cause “offence” and potentially be “antagonising” in close proximity to protesters.

The officers have noted in their statement that they believe that because the Star of David was out and present to people, which may take either offence to the presence of it, they felt that was antagonising the situation,” the detective says.

“I think that’s, with respect, appalling and shows a complete ignorance on behalf of those officers,” the lawyer responds.

The arrest reportedly followed accusations from officers that he was antagonising protesters.

He was taken to Hammersmith police station for questioning and released at 4:30am the following morning.

The Metropolitan Police have denied that the man’s arrest was related to the Star of David, stating he was detained for allegedly “repeatedly breaching” an order intended to keep opposing protest groups apart.

According to police, he came “very close” to pro-Palestine protesters on multiple occasions, and his behaviour allegedly went “beyond observing to provoking”.

As a result, they classified him as “actively participating as a protester”, which made him subject to the conditions of the Public Order Act.