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The Interior Minister conveyed disappointment that Palestinian-supporting protests continued on Thursday evening after the terror attack that claimed two lives outside a Jewish place of worship in Manchester.

The top security official also called on demonstrators to "pause" from intentions to hold protests in the next few days.

"In my view that proceeding in this way seems contrary to British values, it seems wrong," she stated about protests arranged for this weekend.

Demonstrators in central London protesting the Israel's naval forces intercepting a flotilla carrying aid to the Gaza Strip confronted with law enforcement outside the Prime Minister's residence on Thursday night.

Substantial groups carrying Palestinian flags and placards could be seen on the government district throughout the night.

The police force reported that 40 people had been taken into custody. A half-dozen of those apprehended were charged with attacks against law enforcement personnel.

"It is important to make a distinction between what is happening in the Middle Eastern region and situations developing at in our country," the minister remarked on a breakfast show on Friday.

"I would say to people who are planning to participate in a demonstration is to pause and reflect for a short while, and think about if you had suffered the loss of a family member to a terror attack in this country," she continued.

There were "robust" authorities to safeguard the right to demonstrate, she noted, but they could be superseded on the recommendation of the police.

"I can follow guidance from the police, if they were to tell me there was an inability to handle and to police the demonstrations, then there are powers that are accessible," she explained.

Community leaders express concerns

The UK's senior rabbinical leader stated that many people of the Jewish population asked why protests in solidarity of Palestinian causes had been permitted to occur.

The movement was outlawed as a prohibited organization in the summer. At numerous demonstrations since then, hundreds have been detained for expressing solidarity for the group, which has obtained permission to contest the restriction.

"A portion of them include explicit antisemitism, clear backing for the militant group. Not all participants, however there is so much of this, which clearly poses dangerous to many within our society," the chief rabbi remarked.

"There's no distinction between the speech on our public spaces, the actions of individuals in this way, and what ultimately follows, which was Thursday's terror incident."

He also urged the administration "once more", to "take control on these protests, they are risky."