Tens of thousands of people in London call for ceasefire in Gaza

Tens of thousands of people participated this Saturday in London in the thirteenth demonstration since last October to call for an immediate ceasefire in Link and the cessation of arms sales UK for Israel.

Protesters including former Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn and other politicians and trade unionists, began their journey in Parliament Square to end in Hyde Parkwhere speeches were given by personalities such as the Palestinian ambassador to this country, Husam Zomlot.

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Police reported at the end of the event that they arrested a man for carry a banner with a swastika and another for hurling racist insults at members of another smaller pro-Israel protest.

“Change will come, from campus to campus, from city to city, from country to country”, he said Zomlotalluding to the growing protests on university campuses in U.S.

“The tide is changing because this is a global movement for change, a global demand for popular power, for the power of the people” he added.

Numerous police officers monitored the demonstration, organized by Solidarity campaign with Palestine and this coincided with another, more minority static on the avenue Pall Mall of pro-Israel activists.

More than 600 prominent former judges, lawyers and academics in the United Kingdom called, in a letter to the Prime Minister on April 4, Rishi Sunakstop the arms trade with the Jewish State in order to avoid “the plausible risk of genocide in Gaza”, and punish those who incited him.

The Conservative Executive has refused to disclose the legal advice it has received on whether the Israeli Government is violating humanitarian law with its actions in the Strip.

On the other hand, the BBC reported this Saturday that the British military could be in charge of delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza on ships Cyprusthrough a temporary dock that builds U.S off the coast of Gaza.

The soldiers’ possible role would involve driving truckloads of landing craft cargo along the hundreds of meters long floating runway and delivering it to a safe distribution area on dry land in the Rangeexplained the broadcaster.

The Ministry of Defense of London said Friday that the British Navy auxiliary ship RFA Cardigan Bay will provide housing for hundreds of American sailors and soldiers involved in the construction of the pier, after washington will clarify that they will not enter Gaza.

Source: Elcomercio

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