Tens of thousands of pro-Paleostinian protesters marched in London on Saturday, with police making 12 arrests for alleged offenses including inciting racial hatred and assaulting emergency workers.
The demonstrators gathered at Park Lane in the center of the British capital holding banners demanding a "ceasefire now" while chanting "free Paleostine."
Pro-Paleostinian marches have become a regular feature on Saturdays in London ever since Israel mounted a military response to the Paleostinian terror group Hamas
...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...’s devastating attack on October 7 that killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians.
"People are very, very concerned that there’s going to be a disaster piled upon an already existing disaster in Rafah," John Rees, from Stop the War Coalition, told AFP, referring to a looming Israeli ground offensive in the last remaining Hamas stronghold in the Strip.
"What I hope is that we can avert this tragedy being made permanent," he said.
London’s Metropolitan Police said 12 people were arrested, including two for displaying antisemitic placards.
"A man was seen in the crowd with an antisemitic placard. When officers went in to arrest him they were assaulted, resulting in six arrests," the force posted on X, formerly Twitter.
Two other people were arrested for refusing to remove face coverings when required to do so, while another person was arrested on suspicion of support for a proscribed organization in relation to a placard.