{"id":8196,"date":"2018-05-16T09:43:35","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T08:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=8196"},"modified":"2018-05-16T09:43:35","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T08:43:35","slug":"hundreds-show-solidarity-with-palestine-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/hundreds-show-solidarity-with-palestine-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds show solidarity with Palestine in London"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Protest\"Hundreds of people gathered Tuesday in front of the British prime minister\u2019s Downing Street office in London to protest the killing of Palestinian demonstrators in Gaza by Israeli forces.
\nAt the emergency demonstration called by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), Palestinians and activists urged the UK government to condemn the killings.
\n\u201cGaza, Stop the Massacre\u201d, \u201cEnd the Siege\u201d, and \u201cStop Israeli State Slaughter,\u201d read some of the placards held by protesters.
\nAt least 62 Palestinians were martyred and thousands more injured by Israeli forces along the Gaza border Monday amid protests to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Israel’s establishment — an event Palestinians refer to as the “Nakba” or “the Catastrophe” and to protest the relocation of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
\nThe demonstration in London followed a vigil held at Parliament Square for those who lost their lives in Gaza, which some MPs also joined.
\nShortly before the demonstration began, Prime Minister Theresa May, speaking at a press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, called for an \u201cindependent and transparent\u201d investigation into the loss of life in Gaza and the use of live rounds by Israeli forces.
\n\u201cThank you for standing up for the besieged people of Gaza,\u201d the PSC quoted a speaker as saying during the demonstration.
\n\u201cThe siege needs to come to an end! There will never be peace until refugees can go home. There will never be peace without Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine.\u201d
\n\u201cThe brutality of the Israeli Army has been laid bare for all to see. We stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine, but words alone are not enough,\u201d Sinn Fein MP Chris Hazzard said at the demonstration.
\n\u201cThe international community cannot continue to stand idly by. Israel must be held to account for its illegal actions,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cSinn Fein calls on the Irish government to take a lead internationally on this. There can be no impunity for barbaric state violence directed at peaceful protests.\u201d
\nHazzard also urged the Irish government to expel the Israeli ambassador and to move immediately to formally recognize the state of Palestine.
\nSince the border rallies began on March 30, more than 110 Palestinian demonstrators have been killed by cross-border Israeli gunfire, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
\nSimilar protests were held in Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Cardiff, Glasgow, Newcastle, Nottingham, Oxford and Sheffield.<\/p>\n

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