Suella Braverman has called for Rishi Sunak to back up his attack on extremism by introducing emergency legislation to "restrict" certain Palestine marches in central London.
In an exclusive interview with GB News, she said hate marches seen by the UK in the wake of the October 7 attacks by Hamas have made parts of London "no go" areas for Jewish people.
She warned the Prime Minister that it is now "time for action, not words".
Giving a press conference from Downing Street last week, Rishi Sunak said the UK has seen a "shocking increase in extremist disruption and criminality" from people trying to capitalise on Hamas' attack on Israel.
Suella Braverman has called for Rishi Sunak to back up his attack on extremism by introducing emergency legislation to "restrict" certain Palestine marches in central London
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He urged protesters to not let extremists "hijack" the demonstrations, calling for people to "protest decently" and "with empathy for your fellow citizens".
While Braverman said that Sunak's remarks were "welcome words", she told GB News: "I think the time for words has come to an end and we do need to see action.
"The next day we saw tens of thousands of people take to the streets, chanting hateful slogans and behaving in a totally unacceptable way in many instances, overwhelming the police, notably, where police resource has been disproportionate to actually what's happening.
"So we need to see a step change in the police response. They need to be enforcing the law. They need to be arresting people who are using threatening or abusive language.
"We need to be holding the police to account in a better way and I would have liked to have seen an emergency law introduced to actually empower ministers and empower all of those policymakers who are responsible for this issue to actually take steps to restrict some of these marches. You know, this has been going on now for four months.
"It's become a weekly fixture. Parts of London have become a no go areas for Jewish people. That is totally unacceptable. We've seen antisemitism skyrocket.
"That cannot be the case in 21st century Britain, and therefore it's time for action. Not words."
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Braverman also denied that Lee Anderson is Islamophobic. The MP faced accusations of racism after claiming that "Islamists have got control of our country".
The former deputy Tory chairman also claimed that London Mayor Sadiq Khan has "given our capital city away to his mates."
Asked about the remarks, the former Home Secretary said: "Listen, Lee Anderson is a great colleague of mine. I totally abhor the accusations that have been launched against him. He is not racist, he is not Islamophobic.
"He's calling out very poor performance by the Mayor of London who has completely failed to hold the Met Commissioner to account and which is why we have seen emboldened Islamism in the streets of London.
"We have seen an MP hounded out of office because of Islamism. We've seen Parliament totally subverted and the proper procedures abused out of fear from Islamism. We've seen antisemitism at record high, you know, I could go on."
