LONDON, United Kingdom - Tens of thousands of people rallied Saturday in London and other UK cities at pro-Palestinian demonstrations, amid police warnings that anyone showing support for the militant group Hamas could face arrest.
Protesters let off fireworks in Trafalgar Square after a 'March For Palestine', part of a pro-Palestinian national demonstration, in London on October 14, 2023, organised by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Stop the War Coalition, Muslim Association of Britain, Palestinian Forum in Britain and CND.
Similar rallies took place in Manchester in northern England, Edinburgh and Glasgow in Scotland, and other UK cities. "I think all just people around the world, not just in Britain, must stand up and call for this madness ," Ismail Patel, chairman of the Friends of Al-Aqsa campaign, told AFP at the demonstration in the capital.The rallies come as Israel intensifies its war to destroy Hamas, relentlessly pounding the Gaza Strip and deploying tens of thousands of soldiers nearby ahead of an expected ground offensive.
They related to suspected assaults on emergency workers, allegedly setting off fireworks in public places and suspected public order offences.Police and the government had earlier noted a spike in UK anti-Semitic crime and incidents since the Hamas assault. Officers in Sussex, southeast England, arrested a 22-year-old woman Friday suspected of having made a speech backing Hamas.
"Just being Palestinian does not give the rights to kill them. These appalling atrocities have been taking place for so many years," he added.
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