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[–] dumdum666@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So where is the „we are being silenced in the West / western media“ crowd, all of the sudden?

[–] Titan@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Proud of the londoners!!

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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Click here to see the summaryLONDON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - About 100,000 people joined a pro-Palestinian demonstration in central London on Saturday, marching through the British capital to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza following the Hamas attack on Israel two weeks ago.

Chanting "Free Palestine", holding banners and waving Palestinian flags, the protesters moved through London before massing at Downing Street, the official residence and office of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

"As a Palestinian who'd like to return home one day, as a Palestinian who has brothers and sisters in Gaza, and family, I wish we can do more but protest is what we can do at the minute," one woman, who declined to give her name, told Reuters.

Many of the chants and banners contained strong anti-Israeli slogans, and one protester held a banner with pictures of Sunak, U.S. President Joe Biden, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the message "Wanted For War crimes".

Police had cautioned before the march that anyone showing support for Hamas, banned as a terrorist organisation in Britain, would face arrest, and any incident of hate crime would not be tolerated.

"This has been an issue which has long stimulated passions and we are now all seeing on social media and in our communities, how divisive and polarising the current situation has become," British foreign minister James Cleverly said at a peace summit in Cairo.


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[–] notamichael@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

That second to last paragraph seems fair. Don’t support terrorist organisations or do a hate crime (assuming a fair interpretation of the law) but support the people of Palestine. Reasonable approach.