‘DON’T point your finger at me!’ Explosive GB News row erupts as Alex Armstrong forced to step in

Matthew Stadlen, a half-Jewish Briton, said that while the protests are in poor taste, they should be allowed to go ahead due to the dangerous precedent that could be set by banning them.

Political commentator Aman Bhogal hit back, demanding the protests are not allowed to go ahead due to how vulnerable the British-Jewish community is during this spell of mourning.

Tensions simmered to a point where Alex was forced to intervene and tell his guests to calm down.

Mr Stadlen said: “If you start banning certain marches, you have to ban other marches.

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“I predicted violence on the Tommy Robinson march, but I didn’t think it should have been banned in advance.”

Mr Bhogal hit back: “Let’s break this down. I have this thing called the Gandhi test. If you’re doing a peaceful protest, the test of that should be, the people you are protesting against should feel safe walking through that protest.

“What you are saying is, British Jews’ rights are less than those who want to spout hate on our streets.”

“Utter nonsense”, Mr Stadlen hit back.

He then took issue with Mr Bhogal pointing his finger, demanding he puts it down.

“I am not going to have fingers pointed at me the day after an anti-Semitic attack”, he raged.

“You stop defending the hate marches”, Mr Bhogal raged.

“I am going to put a stop to this right now”, Alex said, adding: “This is too heated. We need to show respect for the audience and respect for each other.

“We can disagree, but we must disagree respectfully.”

It comes after a terrorist assault on a Manchester synagogue during Thursday's Yom Kippur observances left two members of the Jewish community dead and four others hospitalised with serious injuries.

The attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall occurred at approximately 9:31am when an assailant used his vehicle to strike pedestrians before attempting to force entry into the building.

Armed police officers arrived within seven minutes and fatally shot the attacker, who was later identified as 35-year-old Jihad Al-Shamie, a British national of Syrian heritage.

Emergency services received the initial alert at 9:31am when a witness reported seeing a vehicle being deliberately driven at pedestrians and observing a stabbing victim.

Within six minutes, officers had arrived and activated "Plato" - the national emergency protocol for marauding terror incidents - declaring a major incident at 9:37am.

The assailant wore what appeared to be an explosive device strapped to his body, prompting bystanders to alert firearms officers about the potential bomb threat.

Social media footage captured the moment armed police confronted the suspect outside the synagogue entrance.