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United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak decided on Monday to remove Suella Braverman from her post as Home Secretary.

In addition, Prime Minister Sunak has appointed former Prime Minister David Cameron as Foreign Secretary.

In a post on the Conservative Party's social media, it claims Sunak's reshuffle today "strengthens his team in government to deliver long-term decisions for a brighter future".

Braverman has been a staunch supporter of both Israel and has gone to great lengths to protect the British Jewish community from rising antisemitism and has been under fire for such.

In an opinion column for The Times, the Home Secretary accused the police of "playing favorites" with how it handles controversial protests by showing a more lenient attitude to left-wing protesters than their right-wing counterparts.

In the piece, she compared pro-Palestinian demonstrations to Protestant marches in Northern Ireland - comments that were labeled "wholly offensive" and "ignorant" by one former Tory cabinet minister.

Critics - from both opposition parties and fellow Tory MPs - called Ms Braverman's comments "offensive" and "inflammatory". They pressured the Prime Minister to act after and accused Braverman of undermining the operational independence of - and public confidence in - the police.

This is the second time Braverman has lost the job of home secretary. Prime Minister Sunak reappointed her less than a week after she resigned from Liz Truss's government, breaking the ministerial code.

As mentioned, Braverman has been outspoken in support of Britain's Jewish community and has put forward initiatives to combat antisemitism in the kingdom.

Last month, several days after Hamas's massacre in southern Israel, the Home Secretary wrote to police leaders in England and Wales that the waving of Palestinian flags and other pro-Palestinian symbols "may not be legitimate" and could require police intervention after antisemitic demonstrators rejoiced in the streets of London over the massacre of over 1,200 people in southern Israel by Hamas terrorists on Saturday.

“It is not just explicit pro-Hamas symbols and chants that are cause for concern. I would encourage police to consider whether chants such as: ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’ should be understood as an expression of a violent desire to see Israel erased from the world and whether its use in certain contexts may amount to a racially aggravated section 5 public order offense," Braverman wrote to the police officers.

“I would encourage police to give similar consideration to the presence of symbols such as swastikas at anti-Israel demonstrations. Context is crucial. Behaviors that are legitimate in some circumstances, for example, the waving of a Palestinian flag, may not be legitimate such as when intended to glorify acts of terrorism," she added.