Pro-Palestinian protesters take to London streets in ceasefire name
- The march started at Bank Junction at noon with hundreds attending
Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters have taken to the streets in London to name for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in a march from Bank to Parliament Square.
The march started at Bank Junction at noon on Saturday and is ready end in Westminster later this afternoon, following a route that takes it previous St Paul’s Cathedral and Somerset House.
People on the march held indicators which bore the phrases ‘Free Palestine’ and ‘End the siege’, whereas some protesters chanted: ‘One, two, three, 4, occupation no extra, 5, six, seven, eight, Israel is a terrorist state.’
They additionally chanted the controversial slogan: ‘From the river to the ocean, Palestine can be free’ and ‘From London to Gaza, Globalise the intifadas’.
An exclusion zone is in place prohibiting any protesters from assembling across the Israeli embassy.
The march started at Bank Junction at noon on Saturday
It is ready to complete in Westminster later this afternoon, following a route that takes it previous St Paul’s Cathedral and Somerset House
People on the march held indicators with the phrases ‘Free Palestine’ and ‘End the siege’
Some protesters chanted: ‘One, two, three, 4, occupation no extra, 5, six, seven, eight, Israel is a terrorist state’
A put up on Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s web site reads: ‘Join us within the streets of London for our National March for Palestine on Saturday December 9 to name for a full ceasefire and an finish to the conflict on Gaza.’
Thousands of protestors and counter-protesters have been seen within the capital in earlier weekends.
The Metropolitan Police tweeted {that a} man had been arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence.
‘As the march shaped up, officers recognized a person with a placard making comparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany,’ the power mentioned.
‘He has been arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence.
Earlier, the Met Police mentioned that protesters should stick with the agreed route, beneath Section 12 of the Public Order Act.
‘Further circumstances are in place that imply speeches should finish by 4pm and the meeting on the finish of the protest should finish by 5pm,’ it mentioned.
Hundreds of officers are policing the march, together with officers from so far as Manchester who’ve been introduced in for added assist.
A booklet which heaped reward on terror organisation Hamas and branded them a ‘resistant motion’ appeared to not be on sale for the primary time for the reason that protests started.
An exclusion zone is in place prohibiting any protesters from assembling across the Israeli embassy
Thousands are considered in attendance on the march this afternoon
Thousands of protestors and counter-protesters have been seen within the capital in earlier weekends
It mentioned it confirmed ‘unconditional’ assist for Hamas, mentioned it received ‘vast recognition’ amongst Palestinians and went on to say: ‘We contemplate Hamas to be a resistance.’
It had been handed out at Socialist Worker stands, however appeared to not be out there throughout at present’s march.
It comes after the UK selected to abstain on a United Nations Security Council decision demanding a right away humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza – a movement that was vetoed by the US.
Earlier this week, pro-Palestine protesters had been filmed chanting ‘from the river to the ocean’ whereas disrupting an unique Chanel vogue present in Manchester that police had banned native folks from watching from their balconies.
