Sackman said a decision about whether the march could happen would be made by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and the police.
“I don’t want to see marches and the views expressed in this go ahead,” Sackman said. “The decision’s not for me, but I’ve made my views very clear.”
Sackman later told LBC that marchers “shouldn’t be on the streets of London calling for hate and hostility against this country. That’s thoroughly anti-British.”
Organized by the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), the march is named after the Arabic word for Jerusalem and part of a wider international event expressing support for a Palestinian state and opposition to Israel.
A cross-party group of 90 politicians has called for Mahmood to ban the march, claiming it would legitimize Tehran’s agenda and send an “unmistakably troubling message” given the targeting of dissidents.
In a letter to Met Police Commissioner Mark Rowley dated Sunday IHRC Chair Massoud Shadjareh hit back at what he described as “exaggerated and patently false claims” that the march supports terrorism and antisemitism. The demonstration has “always been good‑natured and peaceful,” Shadjareh added.