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Britain's Interior Minister voiced disappointment that pro-Palestinian protests proceeded on Thursday evening following the terror attack that claimed two lives near a synagogue in Manchester.

The home secretary additionally called on demonstrators to "reconsider" from plans to hold marches in the days ahead.

"In my view that carrying on in this fashion appears contrary to British values, it feels inappropriate," she remarked about demonstrations scheduled for this weekend.

Protesters in downtown London demonstrating against the Israeli navy stopping a aid convoy transporting aid to Gaza confronted with law enforcement near Downing Street on Thursday evening.

Large crowds displaying Palestinian flags and placards could be seen on Whitehall throughout the night.

The police force reported that fourty individuals had been taken into custody. A half-dozen of those apprehended were arrested for attacks against law enforcement personnel.

"It's essential to draw a line between events unfolding in the Middle Eastern region and what is happening at home," the home secretary told a morning news program on Friday.

"I would advise to individuals who are intending to join a demonstration is to just take a step back for a minute, and consider if you had lost a family member to a terror attack in this nation," she continued.

There were "strong" powers to safeguard the right to demonstrate, she stated, but they could be superseded on the advice of the law enforcement.

"I can follow guidance from the police, if they were to inform me there was an insufficient resources to respond and to police the protests, then there are legal measures that are available," she clarified.

Jewish community representatives express apprehensions

Britain's senior rabbinical leader remarked that many members of the Jewish community asked why marches in solidarity of Palestinian causes had been permitted to take place.

The movement was proscribed as a terror group in the summer. At various protests following the ban, hundreds have been arrested for showing support for the organization, which has won permission to challenge the ban.

"A portion of them contain blatant anti-Jewish sentiment, clear support for Hamas. Not everyone involved, however there is considerable of these elements, which clearly poses dangerous to many within our society," the religious leader remarked.

"It's impossible to disconnect the rhetoric on our public spaces, the conduct of individuals in this way, and what subsequently occurs, which was yesterday's terror incident."

Additionally, he urged the administration "yet again", to "take control on these demonstrations, they are dangerous."