Hundreds of thousands of pro-Palestinians on the streets

The Home Secretary of the UK, Suella Braverman, has described the pro-Palestinian protesters on the streets of London as being engaged in a "hate march". But hate of what: hate of the Israelis/Jews, hate of war (we all agree with that), just plain hate? I think she is wrong and disrepectful to accuse all those protesters as hate marchers because it simply isn't true. I suspect the vast majority of the 300,000 who protested today in London were there because they can't stand the terrible images of women and children being killed and want it to stop. But because it has been called a pro-Palestinian march, a lot of commentators and critics, including Ms Braverman, seem to have concluded they are either anti-Semitic because they are not protesting against the appalling atrocities committed by Hamas on Israeli civilians on October 7, of they are just there to cause violence and mayhem. I agree it's strange and unsettling that thousands didn't protest on the streets about the suffering of those poor Israeli families butchered by Hamas gunmen. But the problem for Israel is that that terrible day was one day whereas the retaliatory Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling have been going on for more than three weeks and ten times as many people have been killed in the process. The butchery of October 7, the horror of which will never be forgotten or forgiven by Israel, has been shoved to one side by the marchers who are focusing all their energy and banner-waving on behalf of the Palestinians who are now going through the terrible trauma of war every day and night. I have total sympathy for the Palestinians because I know how frightening war is. But the pro-Palestinian protesters should all have in their minds what happened on October 7. If they don't, then people like Ms Braverman with her hate-march accusation, will win the day.