{"id":82838,"date":"2023-12-09T14:52:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T14:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/?p=82838"},"modified":"2023-12-09T14:52:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T14:52:42","slug":"pro-palestinian-protesters-take-to-london-streets-in-ceasefire-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/world-news\/pro-palestinian-protesters-take-to-london-streets-in-ceasefire-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Palestinian protesters take to London streets in ceasefire call"},"content":{"rendered":"
Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters have taken to the streets in London to call for a ceasefire\u00a0between Israel and Hamas in a march from Bank to Parliament Square.<\/span><\/p>\n The march began at Bank Junction at midday on Saturday and is set finish in Westminster later this afternoon, following a route that takes it past St Paul’s Cathedral and Somerset House.<\/p>\n People on the march held signs which bore the words ‘Free Palestine’ and ‘End the siege’, while some protesters chanted: ‘One, two, three, four, occupation no more, five, six, seven, eight, Israel is a terrorist state.’<\/p>\n They also chanted the controversial slogan: ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’ and\u00a0‘From London to Gaza, Globalise the intifadas’.<\/p>\n An exclusion zone is in place prohibiting any protesters from assembling around the Israeli\u00a0embassy.<\/p>\n The march began at Bank Junction at midday on Saturday<\/p>\n It is set to finish\u00a0in Westminster later this afternoon, following a route that takes it past St Paul’s Cathedral and Somerset House<\/p>\n People on the march held signs with the words ‘Free Palestine’ and ‘End the siege’<\/p>\n Some protesters chanted: ‘One, two, three, four, occupation no more, five, six, seven, eight, Israel is a terrorist state’<\/p>\n A post on Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s website reads: ‘Join us in the streets of London for our National March for Palestine on Saturday December 9 to call for a full ceasefire and an end to the war on Gaza.’<\/p>\n Thousands of protestors and counter-protesters have been seen in the capital in previous weekends.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n The Metropolitan Police tweeted that a man had been arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence.<\/p>\n ‘As the march formed up, officers identified a man with a placard making comparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany,’ the force said.<\/p>\n ‘He has been arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence.<\/p>\n Earlier, the Met Police said that protesters must stick to the agreed route, under Section 12 of the Public Order Act.<\/p>\n ‘Further conditions are in place that mean speeches must end by 4pm and the assembly at the end of the protest must end by 5pm,’ it said.<\/p>\n Hundreds of officers are policing the march, including officers from as far as Manchester who have been brought in for additional support.\u00a0<\/p>\n As the demo reached Parliament, dozens of police officers surrounded the statue to Winston Churchill – as speeches supporting Palestine were voiced.<\/p>\n A booklet which previously heaped praise on terror organisation Hamas and branded them a ‘resistant movement’ was on sale without its pages on Hamas for the first time since the protests began.<\/p>\n An exclusion zone is in place prohibiting any protesters from assembling around the Israeli embassy<\/p>\n Thousands are thought to be in attendance at the march this afternoon\u00a0<\/p>\n Thousands of protestors and counter-protesters have been seen in the capital in previous weekends<\/p>\n It previously said it showed ‘unconditional’ support for Hamas, said it won ‘wide popularity’ among Palestinians and went on to say: ‘We consider Hamas to be a resistance.’<\/p>\n The new version sees the pages that had praised Hamas removed.<\/p>\n It comes after the UK chose to abstain on a United Nations Security Council resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza – a motion that was vetoed by the US.<\/p>\n Earlier this week, pro-Palestine protesters were filmed chanting ‘from the river to the sea’ while disrupting an exclusive Chanel\u00a0fashion show in Manchester that police had banned local people from watching from their balconies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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