Hundreds of Thousands Rally for Gaza in London as Police Arrest Far-right Protesters

THE OBSERVER: Huge attendance at marsh will add to pressure on Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer to back calls for ceasefire in Middle East conflict

A pro-Palestinian protest on Park Lane in London on Saturday, marching from Hyde Park to the US embassy in Vauxhall. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA
Hundreds of thousands of people marched peacefully through central London yesterday to protest against Israel’s continued bombardment of Gaza, following a week of intense political debate over the policing of sensitive demonstrations.

The Metropolitan Police said around 300,000 people had converged on the capital from all parts of the country, while organisers of the pro-Palestinian event put the number closer to 800,000 and claimed it was one of the biggest marches in British history.

The attendance will add to political pressure on both the prime minister Rishi Sunak and the Labour leader Keir Starmer to back calls for a ceasefire in the conflict, which began after a Hamas terrorist attack in Israel on 7 October, murdering 1,200 Israelis and taking around 240 hostages. » | Mark Townsend, Tobi Thomas, Rajeev Syal and Toby Helm | Saturday, November 11, 2023


300.000 Menschen bei propalästinensischer Großdemo in London: In der Nähe der Demonstrationsroute werden mehr als 90 britische Nationalisten und Hooligans festgenommen. Die Polizei hatte Angriffe auf die Demonstranten befürchtet. »

‘Enormous Mistake’: Douglas Murray’s Warning over Planned Pro-Palestine Protest in London

Nov 3, 2023 | Author Douglas Murray says a pro-Palestine march on Remembrance Day in the United Kingdom would be a “deliberate provocation” of the British people and should not be allowed to go ahead.

Thousands of demonstrators are planning to take to the streets of London on November 11 to call for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Mr Murray warned it would be a “great overreach” by Islamists and an “enormous mistake”. “Either doesn't go ahead or it goes ahead and it will have to be countered because I don't think the British public should have to put up with this,” he told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “We should not have to put up with our national monuments being defiled, we should not have to put up with the Cenotaph being defiled.”


Hear! Hear! For many, Islamophobia is a rational fear because it is only Muslims who behead others and put gays to death simply for loving another of the same gender. So, wouldn't you have a fear of people who practise a faith that encourages behaviour redolent of the Stone Age? – © Mark Alexander

Palestine Protests Are "Hate Marches" - Suella Braverman

Oct 30, 2023 | UK Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, has once again nailed her flag to the fascist mast by calling anyone who protests against her government's support for Netanyahu's actions "antisemitic" hate marchers.

Suella Braverman calls pro-Palestine demos ‘hate marches’: Home secretary claims protesters want to ‘erase Israel from the map’ by chanting in support of Palestine »