On Saturday seventh April 2018 round 2,000 got here to Downing Road to sentence the taking pictures by Israeli snipers of peaceable unarmed Palestinian protesters on the primary day of the Nice March of Return, a peaceable protest on the separation wall in Gaza on Land Day, thirtieth March 2018.
Dwell hearth by the Israeli military had killed 17 and wounded over 750 unarmed protesters on that day. The second protest had taken place every week in a while the day day earlier than the London protest on this sequence of protests deliberate to proceed in Palestine each Friday till Nakba Day (Could fifteenth). One other 9 Palestinians, one a journalist had been focused and killed, and round 1,350 injured.
Many had been appalled by movies of the taking pictures, and by seeing Israeli residents who had gone to look at and assist the snipers who had been taking pictures to kill.
The UK parliament was in recess and there have been few UK politicians on the occasion, with solely Baroness Jenny Tonge and a Sinn Fein MP among the many audio system, though each Jeremy Corbyn and Caroline Lucas had despatched messages of assist.
With the present menace of accusations of anti-Semitism being raised towards any who communicate out to assist the Palestinians, maybe some didn’t wish to communicate out in public, however there have been many Jews on the protest, together with these in Jewish Voice for Labour, many Jewish helps of the Palestine Solidarity Marketing campaign and others together with a bunch of ultra-orthodox anti-Zionist Neturei Karta members. A speaker from Jewdas recited a prayer for peace in Hebrew after which in English translation.
Amongst those that spoke on the occasion was Glen Secker of JVL, the captain of the Jewish Boat to Gaza in 2010. In 2018 he was suspended from membership of the Labour Celebration on a imprecise and unspecified accusation of anti-Semitism. Many different Jewish members of the Labour occasion, together with the sons, daughters and grandchildren of holocaust survivors, have additionally been expelled from the occasion for a similar motive.
Different supporters of Palestine, together with Jeremy Corbyn have been banned from standing as Labour candidates in what can solely be seen as a witch-hunt.
Just a few yards down the highway had been a handful of right-wing Zionist supporters waving Israeli flags and shouting slogans in assist of the shootings and towards Hamas. The few protesters who may hear them merely turned their backs on them and ignored them.
On the finish of the protest the names of these murdered final week had been learn out and there was a two minute silence honouring them. The London protest was organised by the Mates of Al-Aqsa, Palestine Solidarity Marketing campaign, Palestinian Discussion board in Britain and Cease the Battle, and supported by EuroPal, Olive and Muslim Affiliation of Britain.
On My London Diary you’ll be able to see pictures of many extra of these on the occasion, together with a lot of the audio system at Nice March of Return – Cease the Killing.
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