Thousands March in London For a "Free Palestine"

• 05.13.2019, 11:09
•  Europe,  Near East,  World

Haaretz

Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through central London for the National Demonstration for Palestine, the JP reports. 

The marchers during the event on Sunday called to “free Palestine,” for a “right of return” for Palestinians, and for the end to “unprecedented attacks on Palestinians by Israel.

The event, which marks the 71st anniversary of the Nakba, or catastrophe, referring to the formation of the state of Israel, was organized by the Palestine Campaign with the support of Stop the War Coalition, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Friends of Al- Aqsa and the Muslim Association of Britain, as well as several trade unions and the Momentum faction of the British Labour Party.

The march was led by Ahed Tamimi, the activist teen who became a Palestinian national symbol after being jailed in Israel for aggravated assault, hindering a soldier in the line of duty, incitement, threatening a soldier’s life and rock throwing, including one incident caught on video in which she slapped a soldier.

At the protest Tamimi called herself a freedom fighter and stated: “From the river, to the sea, Palestine will be free.”

A small counter-protest was held by pro-Israel activists, according to the U.K. Campaign Against Anti-Semitism.