Pro-Palestine protesters backed terrorist groups, called for an “intifada” and compared the situation in Gaza to the Holocaust at the ‘Nakba Day’ march through central London yesterday.
On Saturday May 17, thousands demonstrated from Embankment to Westminster Bridge in a march organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) to remember Israeli Independence on 14 May 1948, which Palestinians call their “catastrophe” (“Nakba”).
The “Nakba 77” demonstration saw protesters display a variety of placards and posters, including calls for the UK government to de-proscribe recognised terror groups listed under the Terrorism Act 2000, including Hamas and Hezbollah.
The London march was organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. (Credit: X/@habibi_uk)[Missing Credit]
Other placards compared Israel’s actions in the war in Gaza to the Holocaust.
“Belsen, Dachau, Auschwitz… Gaza,” one poster read.
“Gaza is the new Auschwitz! Free Palestine,” another said.
Several anti-Israel demonstrators held placards drawing comparisons between the Gaza war and the Holocaust. (Credit: X/@habibi_uk)[Missing Credit]
Other posters made comparisons between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Adolf Hitler, while one placard said: “One Holocaust does not justify another.”
Another poster depicted an image of the England football team performing the Nazi salute during a game against Germany on May 14, 1938.
“The UK enabled and supported genocide under Hitler,” the poster read. “The UK is enabling and supporting genocide across Palestine.”
One anti-Israel protestor dressed up as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while holding a toy child covered in blood. (Credit: X/@habibi_uk)[Missing Credit]
Other posters referenced “Israel’s final solution” in reference to the war against Hamas.
Some placards called for an “intifada”, while one woman was photographed wearing a T-shirt with a red triangle, a symbol associated with Hamas that has been used by its supporters throughout the war.
Two protesters donning keffiyehs were seen holding an Israeli flag with the words “child killers” and “devil Zionists” written on it.
Anti-Israel demonstrators marched through central London yesterday in a protest organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. (Credit: X/@habibi_uk)[Missing Credit]
Another woman held a placard displaying the Star of David with the words “steal, cry, lie, cheat, kill, rape” attached to each of the star’s corners.
One anti-Israel demonstrator was photographed with a poster describing how the “western Zionist puppet masters instruct their evil scum puppets in Tel Aviv to do their dirty work”.
The Metropolitan Police said there were seven arrests in total at yesterday’s demonstration, including six for suspected public order offences.
One member of the public was arrested on suspicion of having assaulted a protester.
