Palestinian flag-waving crowds charged at the Ministry of Defence building in London on Friday afternoon in an alleged attempt to swarm Royal Navy officers. The sudden protest forced security to deploy MoD protective blast doors from the protesters.

Responding, Maj (ret) Andrew Fox, Senior Associate Fellow, said: “This crosses a serious line. Swarming and surrounding senior service personnel as they carry out their duties is not legitimate protest - it is intimidation of those serving the country. Our armed forces should be able to go about their work without fear of harassment or being targeted in this way.

“There is also a clear security risk. Filming and circulating footage of military personnel is not harmless - it can expose identities, routines, and potentially put both them and their families at risk.

“People have every right to protest. But grievances about government policy should be directed through democratic channels and at elected decision makers - not at service personnel who don’t set that policy.

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