PRO-PALESTINE campaigners urged Mayor of London Sadiq Khan today to intervene against a Met Police decision to hand the capital to fascist Tommy Robinson on Nakba Day.

The Palestine coalition has published a statement criticising the police force’s refusal of permission for the pro-Palestine movement to march on its proposed route on May 16.

On the same day however a “Unite the Kingdom, Unite the West” rally promoted by Tommy Robinson – real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon – is being allowed to take place.

The coalition said the Met’s refusal is based on having “given permission for racist thug ‘Tommy Robinson’ to take over the political centre of London that day.”

Its statement calls on Mr Khan, whose role includes overseeing the Met, to intervene by asking the Met not to favour the far-right over Palestine solidarity.

The statement said: “It appears therefore that the Met has given over the political centre of London to a hate march, while denying the Palestine movement its formally requested route.

“We ask that Mayor Khan requests the Met reverse this decision.

“We also call on everyone of good conscience to join us for Palestine on May 16. We will march.”

The coalition is made up of Stop the War, Friends of Al Aqsa, the Muslim Council of Britain, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and the Palestinian Forum in Britain, (PFB).

Nakba Day commemorates the 1948 displacement of Palestinians during the creation of Israel.

Labour MP Kim Johnson accused the Met in the Commons on Thursday of “dark and biased” treatment against pro-Palestinian protesters.

The Liverpool Riverside MP said: “The previous Unite the Kingdom march erupted in unacceptable levels of violence, unlike the hugely popular and peaceful anti-genocide marches.”

A Met Police spokesperson said: “The decisions the Met takes in relation to the policing of protests are not based on the political affiliations of the groups involved but on ensuring the safety and security of Londoners by preventing serious disruption and serious disorder.

“We acknowledge that it is disappointing for the organisers of the Nakba Day protest not to be able to march to their preferred location and we remain very open to meeting with them to discuss and agree an alternative that still enables participants to assemble in a location relevant to their cause.”

The Mayor of London’s office was contacted for comment.