Protesters attacked, arrested in London demo against Great Israeli Real Estate event
Protesters outside the Great Israeli Real Estate event in northwest London on 14 June 2026
Oliver Mizzi reports in The New Arab on 14 June 2026:
Pro-Palestine protesters demonstrating against the ‘Great Israeli Real Estate Event’ on Sunday have been attacked by counterprotesters in Northwest London’s Edgware, with police arresting activists.
Protesters were attacked while they were on their way to the demonstration, according to The New Arab’s journalist Kitty Grant, who was present at the scene and described scenes of chaos.
Grant said counterprotesters went up to the activists after crossing over Edgware Way road, where the protest was being held, and began shouting, shoving and hitting the demonstrators.
“The pro-Palestine protesters were completely peaceful, just walking. They came up to them [and] started attacking them,” she said, noting the counterprotesters appeared to be targeting pro-Palestine visibly Jewish men.
She also noted that London’s MET police carried out a wave of arrests, of both pro-Palestine activists and counterprotesters. The Metropolitan Police later announced in a statement on X that “a total of 14 arrests (correction from earlier 15) were made during today’s policing operation”.
Footage of the protest seen by The New Arab shows police pinning peaceful protesters to the ground while some held posters that read “thou shall not steal” and waved the Palestinian flag.
‘Apartheid and annexation’
The protest comes following mass condemnation of the event’s links to illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.