As we remember the dead this weekend, let’s honour the peace they gave us

With pro-Palestinian demonstrations planned in the capital this Armistice Day, George Pitcher says it’s easy to call for peace when the conflict is thousands of miles away - much harder when your family is under constant threat from terrorists. Nevertheless, he says, peaceful protests should be welcomed, but antisemitism cannot

It’s depressingly predictable that this year’s Armistice Day, on Saturday, is polarising public opinion. With the backdrop of the war in Gaza, a planned pro-Palestinian demonstration was called a “hate march” by our increasingly bellicose home secretary, Suella Braverman, while Met Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has, so far, stood his ground on the rule of law and the right to protest in our democracy

Meanwhile, London’s Jews feel beyond intimidated by the capital’s belligerent response to the bombing of Gaza by Israel, some 3,000 miles away. It’s worth remembering (and I use that word carefully) that among the war dead being commemorated this weekend will be those who blanket-bombed German civilians in cities such as Dresden. That was very much to defend our borders, the chosen phrase of prime minister Rishi Sunak in his support for Israel.