More than 200,000 pro-Palestinian protesters, among them Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, marched through London amid escalating tensions in Yemen. The Mail has more.
More than 200,000 Pro-Palestinian protesters have started marching through London for the first major demonstration of 2024 — as the Metropolitan Police confirmed it had moved in to make six arrests.
Around 1,700 police officers from the Met and other U.K. forces have been mobilised amid fears the escalating tension in Yemen will bring more activists to the streets of the capital.
Iran-backed Houthi rebels, whose slogan includes “Death to Israel” and “Curse the Jews”, have targeted commercial ships passing through the Red Sea in a show of solidarity with Palestine.
Some protesters appeared to agree with the actions, chanting: “Yemen, Yemen, make us proud, turn another ship around” as they marched through the capital.
Others waved Palestine flags, chanted “Free, free Palestine” and lit flares as they marched from Queen Victoria Street towards Parliament Square, calling for a ceasefire in war-torn Gaza.
Just Stop Oil protesters in fluorescent orange vests also joined the action, sharing a video of their activists clutching large banners walking alongside other activists.
Some protesters wearing masks of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were seen holding bloodied dolls up in the air in a bid to highlight the civilian lives being lost in the Middle East war. …
Protesters marched to Trafalgar Square, where speakers, including Sinn Finn President Mary Lou McDonald, Palestinian U.K. ambassador Husam Zomlot and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, spoke out in support of Palestinians.
Mr. Zomlot accused the British Government of “complicity” with Israel. He told the protesters Palestine was a “nation of freedom fighters”, saying: “I stand before you with a broken heart but not a broken spirit.”
He congratulated South Africa for bringing a genocide case against Israel at the UN’s International Court of Justice. …
Labour MP for Coventry South Zarah Sultana described the air strikes as “shameful, deplorable and beyond unacceptable”, adding that they were “not in our name”.
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Stop Press: The New York Post reports protests outside the Yemen Mission in New York City condemning U.S. attacks on Houthi rebels, where some demonstrators assaulted a couple holding an Israeli flag, shouting, “Long live Hamas, you piece of s–t!”
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