Bloodied “bodies” were held up in protest at the deaths of more than 3,700 Palestinian children killed in the past three weeks.
Demonstrators laid mock body bags in Trafalgar Square in protest at the deaths of more than 3,700 Palestinian children killed in the past three weeks.
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and comedian Alexei Sayle were among those who addressed the crowd on a stage set up in the square. Other speakers led chants of “free, free Palestine” and were cheered by the large crowd.Credit: PA Other protesters 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. However, pro-Palestinian protesters have contested this definition.
Earlier in the day, 350 people staged a sit-in protest which shut down Oxford Circus. The demonstration stopped traffic during the shopping district’s busiest hours, following similar disruptive protests at major stations. Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis, writing in the Times, said the lines between pro-Palestinian protesters and “those who support the brutal terrorism of Hamas” have become “badly blurred”.
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