'BAN JIHADI HATE MOB'

Call to act as protesters shout 'Allahu Akbar' and praise Hamas 'heroism'

- Jonathan Walker and Jon Austin

THE Prime Minister was under mounting pressure last night to crack down on extremist groups stirring up hatred at pro-Palestinian marches.

Furious MPs accused the Government and police of sitting on their hands while demonstrators openly glorified terrorism. Calls for action came as a former Cabinet minister warned that some factions posed a "real security threat" to Britain.

MPs of all parties voiced concern as the latest march ended in violent clashes with police and cries of "Allahu Akbar" outside Downing Street. One officer was injured and taken to hospital as blows were aimed at colleagues who tried to detain a demonstrator.

Up to 100,000 people took to the streets of London for the third week running.

Leaflets were handed out hailing the "extraordinary heroism" of Hamas, the terrorist group which massacred 1,400 civilians in Israel barely three weeks ago.

And marchers called for a civil uprising by chanting "from London to Gaza, we'll have an intifada". One demonstrator was carrying a swastika sign which was seized by police.

Meanwhile, the statue of First World War commander Field Marshal Douglas Haig was defaced with the words "God Save Gaza".

MPs demanded tightening of the law if necessary to enable police to round up the ringleaders and "bang them up".

They also want extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir to be banned in Britain - as it has been in 13 other countries.

This group was blamed for calling for "jihad" at last week's demo. Yesterday rallies were also held in Manchester, Glasgow and Belfast.

MPs had demanded action against people chanting "jihad" and "from the river to the sea".