Thousands of pro-Palestine supporters are protesting across major UK cities including London, Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol, Glasgow and Newcastle as police warn that anyone showing support for Hamas or deviating from the route could face arrest.
Men, women and children of all ages are holding placards demanding Israel ‘stop bombing Gaza’. The gatherings come as Palestinians began a mass exodus from northern Gaza after Israel’s military told them to evacuate ahead of an expected ground invasion.
The UN, human rights groups and others have been among those expressing deep concern about the impact of Israeli action on civilians, as the death toll continues to grow amid airstrikes and a siege on the territory.
The Metropolitan Police Service said they have deployed more than 1,000 officers to police the London demonstration, in which people will be marching in solidarity with Palestinians amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.
Outside Downing Street, large crowds gathered and chanted: ‘Rishi Sunak, shame on you! Suella Braverman, shame on you!’ Dozens of police officers were stationed outside the gates to the Prime Minister’s residence as others patrolled the large crowd.
Elsewhere, pro-Palestine protesters climbed Bristol’s Castle Park bandstand and waved Palestinian flags and let off flares in Liverpool and Manchester.
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SOURCE: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12630283/Hamas-arrested-Met-Police-pro-Palestinian-protesters-London-officers.html
“I strongly condemn the recent attacks by Hamas on innocent civilians in Israel. The loss of innocent lives is heartbreaking and unjustifiable. It’s crucial for everyone to understand the complexities of the situation and avoid making uninformed statements. Labeling this as ‘genocide’ without understanding the root causes of the conflict does a disservice to the need for a nuanced and informed conversation. Let us stand together in condemning violence and working towards a peaceful resolution for both Israelis and Palestinians.”
-CMT
RELATED: Minnesota Woman Who Advocated for Palestinian Rights and Protested Against Israeli Actions Killed by Hamas Alongside Husband
Published October 13, 2023
In a tragic twist of fate, a Minnesota woman and her husband who had vocally advocated for Palestinian rights and protested against Israeli military actions were killed in a Hamas attack.
Cindy Flash, a 67-year-old originally from St. Paul, Minnesota, had emigrated to Israel decades ago. She married Igal Flash, a 66-year-old Israeli and the son of Holocaust survivors, and they settled in Kfar Aza, a community located just a few miles from the Gaza border.
The couple’s home in Kfar Aza sat right next to the security fence that Hamas militants broke through as they attacked Israel by land, sea, and air.
What makes Cindy’s story particularly poignant is the irony that she, an advocate for Palestinian rights, became a victim of the very group she sought to help.
Cindy was known for her advocacy for Palestinian rights. She would often protest against Israeli military operations in Gaza, standing up for the dignity and humanity of Palestinians, according to CNN.
“Whenever there was a military operation, (she) would always protest,” according to their daughter Keren Flash, 34.
“She was there protesting all the time so they won’t destroy it – so that people will see what’s happening because you don’t treat human beings like that no matter what their religious belief is and what their ethnicity is.”
“They were some of the best people that I have ever known,” she added of her parents. “They were good people. They cared about other people. They fought for other people’s rights and other people’s voices.”
However, on a fateful Saturday, the couple was killed inside a safe room at their home during a large-scale attack by Hamas. Keren Flash received a text message from her mother that read, “they managed to break into the safe room.” That was the last time she heard from them.
After days of agonizing silence and uncertainty about their fate, Keren Flash told CNN that the only sliver of solace she could grasp from the devastating news was that they “died instantly so at least it was quick and relatively painless.”
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SOURCE: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/10/minnesota-woman-who-advocated-palestinian-rights-protested-against/
RELATED: Woman, 22, arrested after student filmed praising Hamas attack that killed 1,300 as ‘beautiful and inspiring’
Published October 13, 2023
Counter terror cops have arrested a 22-year-old woman after a University of Sussex student was filmed describing Hamas’s attack against Israel “beautiful and inspiring”.
Hanin Barghouti called the terrorists “freedom fighters” in a speech in Brighton on Sunday.
It came just after Hamas unleashed a massacre that killed 1,300 Israelis, including infants, while dozens are feared to have been taken hostage in the Gaza strip.
The rampage has led to a massive Israeli retaliation, which pummelled the Hamas-controlled territory ahead of an expected ground invasion.
Barghouti, an officer at the University of Sussex’s student union, described the violence as “self-defence”.
“Yesterday was a victory. For freedom fighters to break out of a 15-year blockade so successfully under the inhumane genocide… It was so beautiful and inspiring to see,” she said at a Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
“It shows us as Palestinians, it shows the world… that we will always fight and always resist and we need to celebrate these acts of resistance because this is a success.”
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SOURCE: https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/woman-arrested-brighton-sussex-university-hamas-speech/
RELATED: France bans all pro-Palestinian protests
A protestor is detained by French Police during an unauthorized demonstration in support of Palestinians at Place de la Republique, in Paris, on October 12, 2023.
Published October 12, 2023
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in central Paris on Thursday, in defiance of a controversial new ban on pro-Palestinian rallies in the country.
French police and members of the gendarmerie worked to disperse the crowds with tear gas and water cannons, visuals showed.
The ban had been announced earlier in the day, according to a message sent by French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin to the country’s police, citing concerns about public order.
“Pro-Palestinian demonstrations must be prohibited because they are likely to generate disturbances to the public order,” said the minister. He added that any organization of such protests will lead to arrests.
Darmanin also called on the police to protect all locations visited by French Jews such as synagogues and schools, and said any foreigner committing acts of anti-Semitism on French soil will be “immediately expelled”.
The ban follows a deadly and massive attack by militant group Hamas on Israel over the weekend that killed more than 1,200 people.
