Jewish revellers verbally abused at London Pride as police stand by

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Online footage shows Jewish attendees being told to "go back to your Zionist homeland" and that "you kill Arab children, you kill gay children”.

One person can be seen shouting: "Free Palestine! F*** you Jew".

Two police officers are filmed standing and looking on while a middle-aged bald man wearing a white T-shirt tells two people holding a LGBT and Star of David flag: “What you need to do is go back to your Zionist homeland, because it won’t last much longer.”

Another woman was filmed repeatedly asking: "How many babies did they kill?" while others shout "Jew-hater".

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The Metropolitan Police admitted no one had been arrested for racist or religious abuse, although it said arrests had been made for other offences.

It has since launched an investigation into anti-Semitic abuse during the march.

A spokesperson for the force said it was "aware of videos circulating online that show anti-Semitic verbal abuse directed towards attendees" and that officers were "reviewing footage to assess and investigate".

A spokesman for the Campaign Against Antisemitism told the Telegraph said the incident showed "loudly and explicitly" the escalation of "‘free Palestine’ to ‘f--- Jews’", and called on the police to "recognise it for what it is."

“It’s incredible, not to mention depressing, how many people still trip over themselves to apologise for and defend the extremism of the ‘Free Palestine’ movement.

"The authorities need to recognise it for what it is. That can start with identifying and punishing the perpetrators of this incident."

The Pride parade takes place annually in London, typically drawing thousands of activists to celebrate the capital's LGBTQ community.

This year's parade drew more than 35,000 marchers from more than 600 groups who processed from Hyde Park Corner to Whitehall Place.

Writing for LBC today, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, who attended the march, says that the celebration is more important than ever at a time of mounting division.

He warns that the "dark forces of fear and division" which have historically targeted the LGBTQ+ community are "whipping up hostility and hatred towards other religious and ethnic minority communities".

"If we are to defeat them, Londoners must stand together and fight for a city where everyone – no matter who they love, where they come from, or the God they worship – can live side by side in peace and with pride."