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Police are investigating a woman who was pictured holding a sign reading ‘please keep the world clean’ next to an image of a stick man throwing an Israeli flag into a bin.
The young woman was seen with the vile placard next to the Cenotaph on Whitehall during a pro-Palestinian protest.
The Metropolitan Police said last night: ‘We are aware of this post and are making further enquiries. An investigation is under way.’
Similar ‘keep the world clean’ signs have been seen at other protests, including one late last month in Warsaw, Poland.
Marie Anderson, a Norwegian medical student, was suspended after a photo of her holding the sign emerged on Twitter.
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![Today, the Met was investigating a female protester seen posing with a banner reading 'please keep the world clean' next to an image of a stick man throwing a Star of David into a bin](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/03/11/77356655-12706639-Today_the_Met_was_investigating_a_female_protester_seen_posing_w-a-1_1699012564001.jpg)
Today, the Met was investigating a female protester seen posing with a banner reading ‘please keep the world clean’ next to an image of a stick man throwing a Star of David into a bin
![A spokesman said last night: 'We are aware of this post and are making further enquiries. An investigation is under way'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/03/11/77356655-12706639-Today_the_Met_was_investigating_a_female_protester_seen_posing_w-a-11_1699012795565.jpg)
A spokesman said last night: ‘We are aware of this post and are making further enquiries. An investigation is under way’
It comes amid broader concerns about the anti-Semitic slogans being used at pro-Palestine protests, with Israeli ambassador Tzipi Hotovely saying ‘jihad ideology’ had left London feeling less safe for Jews than wartime Israel.
Campaigners warned today that central London has become a ‘no-go area’ for Jews every Saturday – when weekly pro-Palestine demonstrations are typically held.
The Met is currently investigating a female protester who was pictured posing with a banner reading ‘please keep the world clean’ next to an image of a stick man throwing an Israeli flag bearing the Star of David into a bin.
Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said his officers are currently investigating more than 200 examples of online hate prompted by the war in the Middle East.
Meanwhile, volunteers who have been putting up posters of Israeli kidnap victims in London revealed half are being ripped down within 48 hours.
Sir Mark said he is ‘deeply concerned’ about the effects of pro-Palestine protests on day-to-day local policing and admitted he may have to look to other forces to help deal with the ongoing action.
‘We are starting to look at what point we need to look for mutual aid from other forces and change our approach to resourcing this to make it sustainable,’ he told the London Assembly.
He said that since Hamas attacked Jews in Israel on October 7 successive weekend protests in central London have been policed by 1,000 officers, then 1,500 and then by 2,000.
![Protesters in London last Saturday holding a banner reading 'Palestine will be free - victory to the resistance'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/03/11/77358367-12706639-Protesters_in_London_last_Saturday_holding_a_banner_reading_Pale-a-2_1699012647254.jpg)
Protesters in London last Saturday holding a banner reading ‘Palestine will be free – victory to the resistance’
![A man stares at a policeman holding a baton during a confrontation on Whitehall last Saturday](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/03/11/77358399-12706639-A_man_stares_at_a_policeman_holding_a_baton_during_a_confrontati-a-5_1699012664088.jpg)
A man stares at a policeman holding a baton during a confrontation on Whitehall last Saturday
![A man is taken away by police during the same protest on Whitehall](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/03/11/77358439-12706639-A_man_wearing_a_top_bearing_the_word_Palestine_is_taken_away_by_-a-3_1699012652089.jpg)
A man is taken away by police during the same protest on Whitehall
Police made around 70 arrests at the protests and almost 100 more for hate crimes, with anti-Jewish hate crime up 14-fold and anti-Muslim hate crime up threefold on last year, he said.
Israel’s ambassador to the UK, Ms Hotovely, said she hopes those taking part in pro-Palestine marches do not understand what they are supporting, telling The Telegraph: ‘I hope they don’t (understand), because if they do, it’s serious.
‘It’s not possible to support these types of repulsive actions against human beings. People find it hard to understand that an ideology like this exists.
‘But when we think about the jihad calls that we heard (on the marches) in London, when we think about Isis as an organisation that was slaughtering Muslims, committing the same war crimes against Muslims, and I’m not speaking about Islam: I’m speaking about the radical jihadi movement that is secular and against Western civilisation. They kill like it’s a duty for them to kill.’
The Stop the War coalition is calling for a nationwide ‘Day of Action for Palestine’ around the country on November 4, with a rally in London’s Trafalgar Square.
Another protest is planned for Armistice Day on November 11, prompting the Met to vow to use ‘all its powers’ to stop any disruption to commemorative events.
![The video, filmed last night in London's Leicester Square, shows two women and a man ripping down the posters of Israeli kidnap victims](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/03/11/76972959-12706639-The_video_filmed_last_night_in_London_s_Leicester_Square_shows_t-a-6_1699012688185.jpg)
![One of the women is accused of 'not caring' about human life](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/03/11/76972853-12706639-One_of_the_women_is_accused_of_not_caring_about_human_life-a-7_1699012688199.jpg)
The anti-Israeli backlash in London has seen posters bearing the photos of kidnap victims torn down from walls across the capital. This group were seen in Leicester Square last month
![Israeli ambassador Tzipi Hotovely said the Jewish community felt fear due to 'jihad ideology' witnessed in the capital city](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/03/11/77347733-12706639-Israeli_ambassador_Tzipi_Hotovely_said_the_Jewish_community_felt-a-8_1699012693023.jpg)
Israeli ambassador Tzipi Hotovely said the Jewish community felt fear due to ‘jihad ideology’ witnessed in the capital city