ATTEMPTS to criminalise Palestinian solidarity demonstrations “won’t stop this growing movement,” campaigners warned today after the Home Secretary attempted to push the Met Police for tougher action.

Suella Braverman met with Scotland Yard chief Sir Mark Rowley and called for the use of the “full force of the law” after a video emerged of a pro-Palestinian protester chanting “jihad.”

The word can mean struggle or effort, but can also refer to holy war, the meaning best known among non-Muslims.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Sir Mark said police could only enforce the law, not “taste and decency.”

It comes as Downing Street indicated that there were no plans to change the law following the footage from a demonstration by the Hizb ut-Tahrir group, which was separate from the main rally.

The Met had pointed out that jihad has “a number of meanings,” and said that specialist counter-terrorism officers had not identified any offences arising from the specific clip from Saturday.

Instead, officers spoke to the man to “discourage any repeat of similar chanting.”

The Met chief defended the approach taken by the force, as he suggested that recent demonstrations had shown current rules need “redrawing.”

A Home Office readout of the meeting said that Ms Braverman “recognised the complexities of the law in policing aspects of these protests and prosecutor decisions.”

And Number 10 signalled that there were no current plans to give the Met more powers, but said the government is “working closely with the police and other groups to ensure there is clarity for those officers on the ground where they believe the law has been broken.”

“We will continue to discuss with the police about what more can be done but they do have a number of powers available to them,” a spokesperson said.

Around 300,000 people attended the national day of action in London on Saturday, calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

Stop The War Coalition convener Lindsey German said that attempts to criminalise the march had been “insane.”

In a blog post on the group’s website, Ms German wrote: “[The protest] has been decried by politicians, who seem horrified at the prospect that so many people could march.

“That horror is based on a couple of lies: that those on the march are Hamas supporters; and that the march itself is anti-semitic.

“The marches have attracted a very wide range of support and have been motivated by two things: solidarity with the Palestinians and a desire to stop even greater conflict.

“As I said when I spoke at the demo: ‘we’re not criminals, we’re not terrorists – we’re protesters’.”

The Palestinian ambassador to Britain said that people attending demonstrations to sow division and intimidate Jews instead of supporting Palestine “should shut up.”

Husam Zomlot was asked on Sky News about protesters who have carried Hamas flags and chanted slogans that are intimidating for Jewish people.

He said: “This is abhorrent, unacceptable. Those people hijack our cause for their own twisted logic.

“The Jewish people have nothing to do with it. This is not a religious conflict.

“Many of those who demonstrated for Palestine [on Saturday] were Jews.

“Many of those strong voices are the Jewish people defending us.”

In the Commons, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a further £20 million package of support for Palestinian civilians.

He added that Britain will deploy RAF and Royal Navy assets to monitor the situation.

But Mr Sunak refused calls from MPs to demand a ceasefire, repeating that Israel “has a right to defend itself.”

Palestine Solidarity Campaign said that Saturday’s march was “the biggest in UK history” for Palestine, and called on the public to join the next national demonstration in London this weekend.