Police arrest 14 after clashes outside London synagogue

British authorities arrested fourteen people after protesters clashed with counter-demonstrators outside a synagogue in northwest London on Sunday. The demonstration, prompted by a commercial real estate event inside the building, escalated into confrontations involving around a thousand people, requiring a significant police operation.

The incident occurred at Edgware United Synagogue, which hosted "The Great Israeli Real Estate Event." The event was organized by the My Home in Israel agency to offer property services related to buying homes in Israel. Protesters from groups including the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the Palestinian Youth Movement gathered to oppose it, alleging the event marketed homes in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, a claim the organizers have publicly denied.

This allegation drew condemnation from more than one hundred British lawmakers, who urged the government to cancel the event, arguing it promoted illegal settlements. London Mayor Sadiq Khan also stated his opposition, saying he condemned any attempt to sell settlement property.

In response, the Board of Deputies of British Jews denounced the protest, calling it "wholly...