{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/754994.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":754994,"attributes":{"action":"A UK nationwide ban on publicly chanting the slogan “globalise the intifada”","background":"Introduce legislation and policing guidance to treat public chanting of “globalise the intifada” as a call to violence/terrorism. Prohibit its use at demonstrations and public events, and require organisers and police to stop it and take enforcement action where it intimidates, harasses or incites.","additional_details":"After the Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack in Sydney, where 15 people were killed and authorities are investigating it as antisemitic terrorism, most UK Jews fear that tolerating this slogan normalises calls to violent “uprising”. The First and Second Intifadas included suicide bombings, stabbings and murders of Jewish civilians. Publicly chanting “globalise the intifada” can be understood as endorsing that violence and can embolden extremists and intimidate Jewish communities.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":8,"created_at":"2025-12-20T01:42:40.844Z","updated_at":"2026-04-14T10:10:45.496Z","rejected_at":"2026-02-13T10:17:30.256Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2025-12-20T10:44:20.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"no-action","details":"Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.\r\n\r\nThe Government does not specifically prohibit certain words or phrases. Some language is already prosecutable as a hate crime or public order offence in certain circumstances. More information about this can be found on the Crown Prosecution Service website here https://www.cps.gov.uk/types-crime/hate-crime and here https://www.cps.gov.uk/prosecution-guidance/public-order-offences-incorporating-charging-standard\r\n\r\nThe Metropolitan Police and Greater Manchester Police issued a joint statement stating that they will \"act decisively and make arrests\" in response to placards and chants such as “globalise the intifada”. Several such arrests have been made. You can read their statement here: https://news.met.police.uk/news/joint-statement-from-the-commissioner-of-the-metropolitan-police-and-the-chief-constable-of-greater-manchester-police-504494\r\n\r\nYou may wish to sign the following petition: \"Review rules, policing and harm of marches\" https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/745282"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}