Sackman mentioned that the decision on whether the march could proceed rests with Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and the police.
“I don’t want to see the march and the views it expresses proceed,” Sackman stated. “The decision isn’t mine, but I’ve made my stance very clear.”
Sackman later conveyed to LBC that marchers “shouldn’t be on the streets of London promoting hate and hostility against this country. That’s absolutely against British values.”
Organized by the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), the march is named after the Arabic word for Jerusalem and forms part of a broader international event supporting a Palestinian state and opposing Israel.
A cross-party group of 90 politicians has urged Mahmood to prohibit the march, arguing it could legitimize Tehran’s agenda and convey a “distinctly troubling message” in light of the targeting of dissidents.
In a letter dated Sunday to Met Police Commissioner Mark Rowley, IHRC Chair Massoud Shadjareh criticized what he termed “exaggerated and patently false claims” that the march endorses terrorism and antisemitism. Shadjareh stressed that the demonstration has “always been good-natured and peaceful.”
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