Thousands of people – more than 200,000, according to the organizers – once again filled central London this Saturday in the eleventh National March for Palestine, which culminated in Trafalgar Square
“Jews against genocide”, “Stop arming Israel” and “Cease fire now” were some of the proclamations chanted during the protest, organized jointly by the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
At the end of the demonstration, the former leader of the British Labor Party Jeremy Corbyn and the actor of Egyptian origin Khalid Abdalla, who played Dodi Al Fayed in The Crown, spoke.
Corbyn criticized the governments of the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries for continuing the “appalling arms trade with Israel” and said what is being seen in real time on global television is “the senseless destruction of life.” in Gaza.”
Abdalla explained for his part that he was attending the protest with his children and said that he dreams of a world in which it is no longer necessary to ask for an end to the occupation in Palestine. “We cannot allow this to continue for another generation,” he said.
Although the march took place peacefully, the police have detained a man for requesting support for an illegal organization, the authorities have indicated without offering further details. Some sources have indicated that it would be Hamas.
The protest was held on Land Day, significant for Israeli Arabs and Palestinians, which, according to organizers, commemorates the events of March 30, 1976, when six Palestinians were killed by the State of Israel while protesting. against the usurpation of their territory.
