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Kemi Badenoch today condemned the 'tolerance' of radical Islamism in the aftermath of the Manchester synagogue attack.

Opening Tory conference, the leader argued that protests amounting to 'carnivals of hatred' against Israel were being allowed on British streets.

She insisted slogans such as 'globalise the Intifada' were effectively 'targeting Jewish people for violence'. 

The intervention came as ministers vowed to close the 'gap in the law' after a fresh wave of pro-Palestine demonstrations.

Shabana Mahmood unveiled new laws handing police more powers to clamp down on repeat protests after 492 marchers were arrested this weekend.

Forces across the country are now allowed to consider the 'cumulative impact' of demonstrations, including regular pro-Palestinian protests on a Saturday which Ms Mahmood previously branded 'un-British'.

Opening Tory conference, Kemi Badenoch argued that protests amounting to 'carnivals of hatred' against Israel were being allowed on British streets

But Mrs Badenoch said the need for action was 'urgent'.

'Extremism has gone unchecked. You see it manifest in the shameful behaviour on the streets of our cities, protests which are in fact carnivals of hatred directed at the Jewish homeland,' she said.

'You hear it in the asinine slogans. You hear it in 'from the river to the sea', as if the homes, the lives of millions of Jewish people should be erased. You hear it in 'globalise the Intifada', which means nothing at all if it doesn't mean targeting Jewish people for violence.

'We have tolerated this in our country for too long and we have tolerated the radical Islamist ideology that seeks to threaten not only Jews, but all of us of all faiths and none who want to live in peace.

'So, the message from this conference, from this party, from every decent and right-thinking person in this country must be that we will not stand for it anymore.'

Ms Badenoch went on: 'We cannot import and tolerate values hostile to our own.

'We must now draw a line and say that in Britain you can think what you like, and within the bounds of the law you can say what you like, but you have no right to turn our streets into the theatres of intimidation, and we will not let you do so any more.

'To our Jewish friends, we stand with you shoulder to shoulder. You are part of the fabric of Britain and you always will be.'

These culminated in yesterday's march in central London which organisers refused to cancel despite two Jewish people being killed in a terrorist attack just two days prior.

The Home Secretary told Sky News' Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips: 'The strengthening of the legislation that I'm going to bring about is based on the ability of the police to place conditions and restrictions on protests.

Shabana Mahmood unveiled new laws handing police more powers to clamp down on repeat protests after 492 marchers were arrested this weekend

'And what I will be making explicit is that cumulative disruption - that is to say, the frequency of particular protests in particular places - is, in and of itself, a reason for the police to be able to restrict and place conditions.

'That is to say, they can move them to a different place, they can restrict the time that those protests can occur on, so that will unlock all of the broader measures that the police can already do on protests.

'It's been clear to me in conversations in the last couple of days that there is a gap in the law and there is an inconsistency of practice, so I'll be taking measures immediately to put that right.

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