PETITIONRejectedPetition · petition.parliament.uk

A UK nationwide ban on publicly chanting the slogan “globalise the intifada”

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.

Last fetched 19 May 2026 · petition.parliament.uk

Signatures

signatures

Government response threshold (10,000) · 8/10,000

Debate threshold (100,000) · 8/100,000

Petition progress2 events · Dec 2025 – Feb 2026

13 FEB 2026
Petition rejected
no-action
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. The 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 The 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 You may wish to sign the following petition: "Review rules, policing and harm of marches" https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/745282
20 DEC 2025
Petition created

Background

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.