The demonstration, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), was initially meant to take place on Saturday after being first approved in November.
However, campaigners said the approval has since been revoked by the police on the grounds that it would “cause disruption” to a nearby synagogue.
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As of Monday evening, more than 800 British Jewish campaigners have signed an open letter calling on the Met Police to reverse its decision.
Signatories include prominent legal, political, academic and cultural figures, including actress Miriam Margolyes.
A group of Holocaust survivors and their descendants have also written a public letter in support of the march.
Activists from the PSC have said they are “determined” that the demonstration will still go ahead.
The march comes as concerns have been raised around the BBC’s reporting on Gaza, as we told how the broadcaster issued more corrections for its coverage of Israel and Palestine than any other topic in 2024.
Ben Jamal, director of the PSC, accused the BBC of being “complicit” in Israel’s actions in Gaza, which has killed more than 46,000 Palestinians since October 7, 2023.
Commenting, Jamal said: “Hundreds of thousands of people wish to continue to protest at our government’s ongoing complicity with Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people, which reports this week suggested may have killed tens of thousands more than the suggested figure of 46,000.
“They also wish to protest at the complicity of the BBC which has failed to report the facts of this genocide, as revealed in recent investigations.
“There are no legitimate grounds for the police to impede our proposal to march from Whitehall to the BBC, finishing with a rally outside its HQ.
“We call upon the Met Police to make clear they will drop any conditions which will deny the right to protest as planned.”
Activists called on people to join the demonstration on Saturday, which will assemble outside Whitehall at 12pm before marching to the BBC headquarters.
A spokesperson for the PSC added that the group has written to the Met Police to request a meeting in the hopes that the march can “proceed peacefully”.
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Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the Met Police said that the new route was not the one which was originally advertised when it was approved in November, adding that it would breach conditions imposed under the Public Order Act.
The spokesperson added: “We imposed those conditions because we were satisfied, after carefully considering the evidence, that a demonstration forming up in the vicinity of a synagogue on a Saturday, when congregants would be attending Shabbat services, would cause serious disruption.
“Our assessment is that a demonstration ending and dispersing from the same place would have the same impact.
“Officers will be meeting with the PSC and other organisers tomorrow to discuss the matter further.
“We are aware that our decision to impose conditions has been presented by some as us banning a demonstration at the BBC.
“This is not accurate. We recognise why the organisers wish to protest at the BBC and we have offered to work with them in considering alternative days of the week that wouldn’t result in disruption to Shabbat services.”
The BBC has been contacted for comment.