Demonstrators in central London were seen marching through the city holding placards that read “Zionists control the media”.
This was the eighth nationwide demonstration since the October 7 attacks. It was organized by a coalition including the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Stop the War Coalition and the British Muslim Association.
Demonstrators could be heard shouting: “Yemen, Yemen is proud of us, turn another ship around,” referring to Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea.
The march was scheduled to begin in front of the BBC’s headquarters in Portland Place and end in Whitehall. Shahada flags were seen waving near the cenotaph.
A protest took place in central London today.
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One of the placards waved read: “The BBC is an arm of the Zionist propaganda machine,” while another read: “Our media, television, radio and government are controlled by the Zionists.” It was written.
Today’s protest came after organizers initially announced they had been prevented from completing a march outside Whitehall.
The Met ultimately gave in, but withheld permission for the second stage of the march in Trafalgar Square. Organizers said the decision involved risks to safety.
But Deputy Secretary of State David Ward said on Thursday that allowing the section of Trafalgar Square “would cause serious disruption…To avoid Trafalgar Square becoming too full, the stage for speakers in Whitehall would be removed. We agreed to only have one.”
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It is the eighth time nationwide protests have been held since the October 7 attacks.
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Ahead of the march, the Anti-Semitic Movement said: “Tomorrow, London will once again become a no-go zone for Jews as another anti-Israel demonstration takes place.”
“How much longer does this country have to endure before appropriate action is taken?”
In London, Scotland Yard estimated that around 10,000 demonstrators marched through the West End, rising to 20,000 for a speech in Whitehall.
Thousands of pro-Palestinian supporters also gathered in Edinburgh on Saturday in support of an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
The protest was originally scheduled to take place in Trafalgar Square.
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Gaza health authorities do not distinguish between militants and civilians in their tallies, but more than 27,000 Palestinians have been confirmed killed since the start of the war, 107 of them in the past 24 hours, with thousands more killed. It is said that there is a risk of people getting lost in the ruins.
Israel began its war with Hamas following an October 7 onslaught by Hamas militants on Gaza, in which 1,200 people were killed and 253 were taken hostage, more than 100 of whom remain prisoners. It becomes.
Israeli officials said they aim to eliminate Hamas, which has vowed to repeat the October attack, and repatriate the hostages, many of them women and children.