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About 100,000 turn out in London for pro-Palestine rally (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] seacocker@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Looked to be a lot more than 100k to me

[-] guriinii@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

300,000 apparently

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[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Hardly surprised, the tube outlet right under parliament had pro palestinian posters last I was there

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The shipment of 20 trucks bringing medical supplies offered limited relief to Gaza’s 2.3 million population, under fire and with barely anything to eat or drink.

The home secretary, Suella Braverman, has previously labelled the slogan antisemitic and claimed that it is “widely understood” to call for the destruction of Israel.

A small group of protesters held a separate demonstration in central London on Saturday in which a large banner read, “Muslim armies, rescue the people of Palestine.”

The Met said it was deploying 1,000 officers to police the demonstration, as well as mounting extra patrols around synagogues and places of worship following a 1,350% increase in hate crimes against Jewish people and a 140% rise in Islamophobic incidents.

The Met said there had been “pockets of disorder and some instances of hate speech” in the series of vigils, protests and public gatherings, but that most had “been lawful and taken place without incident”.

In Australia, thousands marched through central Sydney after police gave the event the green light, and rallies were also held in Perth, Hobart and Brisbane.

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