Tens of thousands of people called for a ceasefire in Gaza in London this Saturday, in the eighth pro-Palestinian march in the UK since the Islamist group Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October.
Protesters of all ages marched to Whitehall Avenue in the center of the British capital. Conversations near Downing StreetOfficial residence and office of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Hundreds of police officers monitored the protest amid political pressure not to allow behavior or slogans that could be perceived as anti-Semitic.
Former Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn and Mick Lynch, general secretary of the RMT transport union, were among those addressing the crowd.
Solidarity Campaign Director Palestine with Ben Jamal He emphasized why it is important to continue the demonstrations: “We are marching again because we know we are on the right side of history. We will always be on the side of the oppressed, we will never be on the side of the oppressor,” he said.
The demonstration took place after Foreign Secretary David Cameron indicated a few days ago that the UK might consider recognizing the agreement. To promote Palestinian statehood The peace process, although not while Hamas was in power in Gaza.
The official position of the Conservative Government and Keir Starmer’s Labor Party is to protect Israel’s right to defend itself while calling for certain humanitarian pauses while waiting for the conditions for a sustainable ceasefire to be met.