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Hundreds of thousands take part in pro-Palestinian protests in UK cities

Chants included “Judaism yes, Zionism no, the state of Israel must go”, and “5, 6, 7, 8, Israel is a terrorist state”.

Joe Connor by Joe Connor
2023-10-21 19:39
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Thousands of people joined pro-Palestinian protests in support of the besieged Gaza Strip in London and other UK cities.

The siege must end. The killings must end. The occupation must end.

Today, we marched in our thousands for an immediate ceasefire.

We will never stop speaking up for the Palestinian people. Our common humanity is at stake. pic.twitter.com/SjnvjIohuV

— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) October 21, 2023

The Metropolitan Police said “up to 100,000” took part in a pro-Palestine march in central London on Saturday, with other rallies in Cardiff, Glasgow and Birmingham.

Met police made no arrests as 300,000 chanted ‘from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’ ..instead the israelis resumed bombing Gaza pic.twitter.com/hqElz1WYjA

— Sarah Wilkinson (@swilkinsonbc) October 21, 2023

Others protested outside the BBC’s MediaCity headquarters in Salford, Greater Manchester, over its reporting of the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

The Gaza Strip has been blockaded and bombarded by Israel after its Hamas rulers launched a series of terrorist raids on October 7.

More than 1,400 people in Israel have been killed, mostly civilians attacked in the October 7 incursion. Over 4,100 people have been killed in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.

Thousands gathered at Marble Arch in central London for Saturday’s march, clutching signs emblazoned with “Freedom for Palestine” and “Stop Bombing Gaza”.

Chants included “Judaism yes, Zionism no, the state of Israel must go”, and “5, 6, 7, 8, Israel is a terrorist state”.

Israel-Hamas conflict
Protesters attended a a pro-Palestine march organised by the Stop the War Coalition and Palestine Solidarity Campaign in central London (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Protesters also chanted “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”, despite controversy around the slogan’s meaning.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has previously branded the slogan antisemitic and claimed that it is “widely understood” to call for the destruction of Israel.

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Jewish groups including the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Jewish Leadership Council and the Community Security Trust have asked prosecutors to clarify if chanting the slogan is a criminal offence.

However, those who defend the slogan describe it as a “long-standing protest chant” that calls for a homeland for the Palestinian people.

300,000 people are marching for Palestine in London today 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/QpmKZcpwUT

— PSC (@PSCupdates) October 21, 2023

A small group of pro-Palestinian protesters held a separate demonstration in central London on Saturday calling for “Muslim armies” to rescue the people of Palestine.

The group of around 100 people stood on Balfour Mews, just off the street from the path of the main protest.

Israel-Hamas conflict
Protesters condemned the bombing of Gaza (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Speakers addressed the crowd in Arabic and a large banner read “Muslim armies, rescue the people of Palestine”.

This is how brave @ApsanaBegumMP behaves in the face of struggle for justice and peace. This what leadership looks like. You have made thousands of us incredibly proud. https://t.co/PZ23riU476

— Solma Ahmed #betterworld🇵🇸 (@solma_ahmed) October 21, 2023

In Salford, the BBC was accused of “bias” in its coverage of the conflict.

Martin Odoni, from Eccles, who attended the rally, said: “I’m Jewish and every time Israel commits an atrocity it claims it’s doing it in the name of Jewish people.

“I think it’s my duty to come out here and show, actually, a lot of Jews do not support what Israel is doing. An awful lot of us are not Zionist at all.

“When they’re massacring Palestinians I more than don’t approve, I utterly condemn it.”

On his criticism of the BBC, he added: “Well, look at the headlines they put up.

“When Israelis are killed they say these Israelis were killed by Palestinians.

“When Palestinians get killed, it’s Palestinians died when Israel attacked.

“There’s a blatant bias in the way the BBC reports these events and somebody’s got to tell them.”

Free Free Palestine! ✊🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/zinI5tN54T

— James Foster (@JamesEFoster) October 21, 2023

The BBC has also been been criticised over its use of language to describe Hamas and its coverage of the immediate aftermath of the bombing of a hospital in Gaza City.

BBC director general Tim Davie met the Board of Deputies of British Jews president Marie van der Zyl and its chief executive Michael Wegier on Friday to discuss their “outrage” at Hamas being described as militants instead of terrorists.

The Board of Deputies, which describes itself as the voice of the Jewish community in Britain, later said the BBC had confirmed it is no longer the corporation’s practice to call Hamas militants, but instead is describing the group as a proscribed terrorist organisation by the UK Government and others, or simply as Hamas.

The BBC has been approached for comment.

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