A WOMAN who cut down hostage remembrance ribbons for Israelis held by Hamas less than a week after the Manchester attack has been identified.
Nadia Yahlom, from north London, is a Palestinian-Jewish PhD researcher and artist – and claimed the ribbons were “condoning genocide”.
Nadia Yahlom, from north London, is a Palestinian-Jewish artist[/caption]
The ribbons, which have now been replaced, are a sign of remembrance for the 48 people being held hostage in Gaza by Hamas[/caption]
The video, posted on X, shows a young woman using scissors to cut down yellow ribbons tied to the fence of Princes Avenue Park on Fortis Green Road in Muswell Hill, London.
The vandal responded to outcry from onlookers by saying: “I’m not committing a crime.
“If I am, then call the police.”
One onlooker can be heard saying: “You’re disgusting” to which the woman responds: “I think condoning a genocide is disgusting”.
The ribbons, which have now been replaced, are a sign of remembrance for the 48 people being held hostage in Gaza by Hamas.
It’s now emerged that the woman in the video is Nadia, a pro-Palestine artist.
Nadia is the co-founder of Sarha Collective, an artists organisation.
She is currently an Arts Council-funded PhD student at the Centre for Research and Education in Arts and Media (Cream), at the University of Westminster.
Her work is on the “hauntedness, supernatural life and the bio/necropolitical between Palestine and the UK”.
The Arts Council is funded by both the Government and the National Lottery.
She studied at Cambridge University and Goldsmiths, and her husband is a Palestinian actor.
It comes after shameless pro-Palestinian groups planned to sell cakes at “hate rallies” — on the anniversary of the October 7 atrocity.
Demonstrators even aim to “honour our martyrs”, two years on from Hamas’s slaughter of 1,195 victims in Israel.
At least 16 rallies, many at universities, are due to go ahead, despite an outcry from the Jewish community.
One gathering scheduled in Liverpool included a bake sale for Palestinians with the tagline “time for dessert”, until the date was moved.
Another protest is still due to be held in Manchester, where last week’s synagogue rampage took place.
PM Sir Keir Starmer urged organisers to “demonstrate humanity”, especially after last week’s attack in which two Jewish victims were killed.
He was joined by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch and Reform boss Nigel Farage.
Labour has announced a crackdown on repeat protests which wreak havoc and hatred on the streets every week.
And Tory leader Badenoch told The Sun: “It is disgraceful that people are turning the massacre of young people, kids and families into an anniversary for them to be honouring martyrs and calling for more violence and sanctions against Jewish people.”
Reform’s Farage blasted: “This adds insult to injury at a desperately worrying time for the British Jewish community. I am appalled.”
Senior Tory Robert Jenrick demanded that students protesting today be “kicked off their courses” and called the demos a “f***ing disgrace”.
The move comes after two people were murdered on Yom Kippur – and nearly 500 protesters were arrested at London rallies backing banned terror group Palestine Action.
Under the Home Office shake-up, police will be able to block or move demonstrations by taking into account the “cumulative impact” of weeks of disruption and unrest.
Nadia is the co-founder of Sarha Collective, an artists organisation[/caption]
She claimed the ribbons were “condoning genocide”[/caption]
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said: “The right to protest is a fundamental freedom in our country.
“However, this freedom must be balanced with the freedom of their neighbours to live their lives without fear.
“Large, repeated protests can leave sections of our country, particularly religious communities, feeling unsafe, intimidated and scared to leave their homes.
“This has been particularly evident in relation to the considerable fear within the Jewish community, which has been expressed to me on many occasions in these recent difficult days.
“These changes mark an important step in ensuring we protect the right to protest while ensuring all feel safe in this country.”
The crackdown follows outrage that campaign group Defend Our Juries went ahead with a 1,500-strong rally in Trafalgar Square just two days after the synagogue killings – despite police pleas to cancel.
Scotland Yard warned the protest risked “creating further tensions” and dragged 2,500 officers away from guarding Jewish neighbourhoods still reeling from the attack.
Senior officers will now be able to factor in the strain of previous marches when imposing conditions on future protests.
Anyone who defies the orders faces arrest and prosecution.
Mahmood will also order a full review of protest laws, including whether police should be able to ban protests outright during terror threats or national security crises.
The powers will come through changes to Sections 12 and 14 of the Public Order Act 1986, explicitly allowing police to consider the “cumulative impact” of repeated protests when setting conditions on marches and assemblies.
Pro-Gaza protesters marched in Manchester the day after two people were killed at a synagogue in the city[/caption]
Met Police officers arrested 492 people at protests in London[/caption]
