{"id":280028,"date":"2024-01-14T08:32:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T08:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=280028"},"modified":"2024-01-15T09:16:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T09:16:29","slug":"thousands-of-pro-palestine-protesters-march-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=280028","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters march in London"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sammy Gecsoyler \u2013 The Guardian Jan 13, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Thousands of people marched through central London<\/a> on Saturday to show solidarity with Palestine and to reiterate calls for a ceasefire in Gaza.<\/p>\n

Demonstrators met on Queen Victoria Street before making their way along Fleet Street towards Parliament Square. The protest, part of a global day of action, comes after the RAF and the US military carried out airstrikes against Houthi bases in Yemen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign, which organised the event, claimed \u201chundreds of thousands\u201d of people had joined the march.<\/p>\n

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Little Amal, a 12ft giant puppet of a Syrian child refugee, accompanied protesters as they marched towards Parliament Square. Amir Nizar Zuabi, the artistic director of Walk With Amal, was among the marchers.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cAmal is a Syrian child. She\u2019s 10. She\u2019s a representation of refugee children everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zuabi is Palestinian. \u201cRefugees and Palestine are almost synonyms. We have some of the longest-existing refugee population in the world. Gaza is consistent with lots of refugees, all the refugees that came from Jaffa and what we call the Sahel, the coastal areas of Palestine are now in the refugee camps in Gaza and are targeted again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the things that is so, so horribly loud and atrociously clear is the fact that children are being targeted in large numbers,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Speaking at Parliament Square, the Palestinian ambassador to the UK, Husam Zomlot, accused the British government of \u201ccomplicity\u201d with Israel. He said that Palestine was a \u201cnation of freedom fighters\u201d, saying: \u201cI stand before you with a broken heart but not a broken spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n

He congratulated South Africa for bringing a genocide case against Israel<\/a> at the UN\u2019s international court of justice.<\/p>\n

Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s president, Mary Lou McDonald, told the crowd in London that Palestinian freedom is possible.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cWhen I say this, standing in London, in common cause with you, [having] walked our own journey out of conflict, building peace for 25 years, this can happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis must happen and we will ensure that it does.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hundreds of police officers were on duty in the capital on Saturday. The Met said officers from forces outside London were brought in. Users on social media reported that the Met was handing out flyers warning people to \u201ckeep on the right side of the law\u201d, noting that \u201cwhile the majority of people are complying with these rules, a minority have crossed the line\u201d.<\/p>\n

Three people were arrested on suspicion of showing support for a proscribed organisation, which is an offence under the Terrorism Act, while two arrests were made for \u201coffensive placards\u201d. A sixth arrest was made for possession of stickers to be used for criminal damage.<\/p>\n

The Met has put in place a number of conditions, including: any person participating in the procession must not deviate from the route specified; the speeches at the assembly after the procession must end by 4.30pm and the whole event must end by 5pm; no participant in the protest may enter the area around the Israeli embassy.<\/p>\n

This is the seventh National March for Palestine organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign since October.<\/p>\n

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