The Met Police stated that several arrests were made.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21598108

cross-posted from: https://hcommons.social/users/adachika192/statuses/113339925768240423

Pro-Palestine protesters shut down London’s Tower Bridge
(Jerusalem Post, 2024-10-20)

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-825262#825262
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“Pro-Palestine protesters shut down Tower Bridge in #London on Saturday, shortly after thousands attended a mass protest in Trafalgar Square and Whitehall.”

“… the Met Police stated that the groups had been dispersed and several arrests had been made.”

“A group named Youth Demand claimed to have been part of a coalition that organized the event and shut down the bridge.
“Youth Demand said it demanded that the UK government stop arming Israel…”

“The other groups involved were the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Prayers4Gaza, Palestine Pulse, Thanet 4 Palestine, and Ealing Friends of Palestine.”

@palestine@lemmy.ml
@palestine@a.gup.pe
@israel
#YouthDemand #StopArmingIsrael

  • bl_r@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    16 hours ago

    Are you drawing the line of what is acceptable to protest between protesting for an end to genocide and protesting for the rights of Palestinians to govern themselves, rather than be at the bottom of the hierarchy in an apartheid government?