From the Liveblog of
Saturday, July 19, 2014
Massive anti-Israel protest underway in London
Tens of thousands of protesters are marching in London against Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip, now in its 12th day.
Photo of massive crowds in #London. An estimated 30,000-40,000 chanting for #Palestine pic.twitter.com/HOp4gEU8SL
— لينة (@LinahAlsaafin) July 19, 2014
Londoners show they're not happy about what's going on in #Gaza #Demonstration #Protest http://t.co/3mUQzxX7Ev pic.twitter.com/k6X7NrMMN0
— HuffPost UK (@HuffPostUK) July 19, 2014
Thousands extending to Big Ben, initial estimates set at 20,000 now in #London out in solidarity #Gaza pic.twitter.com/WoSkHUnKlD
— Noor (@kelo3adi) July 19, 2014
Protesters, marching to the Israeli Embassy in the British capital, are calling for “freedom and justice in Palestine.”
People are carrying placards that read “Gaza, stop the massacre.”
The director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Sarah Colborne, tells Huffington Post UK: “Today’s national demonstration will give people from across the country the chance to say enough is enough; Israel’s siege of Gaza and its occupation of Palestinian land has to end now.
“People want justice and freedom for the Palestinians, and they will be voicing this in their thousands,” she says.
