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Monday, April 8, 2024
London police arrest 11 pro-Palestinian activists calling on UK to ban arms sales to Israel — report
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLondon police arrested at least 11 pro-Palestinian activists during a protest last night calling for the UK Labor party to impose an arms embargo on Israel, according to a British media reports.
The Daily Mail reports that activists with the Just Stop Oil group sprayed red paint outside the party’s headquarters and in the lobby of the south London building.
“Labour has blood on their hands. They are complicit in the murder of Palestinians, and millions of people around the world, as they continue to drive genocide,” the group writes in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
???? BREAKING: We Painted @UKLabour HQ Red
???? Labour has blood on their hands. They are complicit in the murder of Palestinians, and millions of people around the world, as they continue to drive genocide.
‼️ If you're done with this shit, go to https://t.co/rqU3Oswm2K pic.twitter.com/c35Mo2nj3W
— Youth Demand (@youth_demand) April 8, 2024
The UK government has faced calls to suspend arms export licenses to Israel after three Britons and four other aid workers with US-based food charity World Central Kitchen were killed in an Israeli air strike last week.
More than 600 lawyers, including former Supreme Court judges, also warned in a letter last week that London risked breaching international law by continuing to allow the export of weapons to Israel.
The Times of Israel Community.