Police keep apart anti-Israel activists, counterprotesters in London

London police kept anti-Israel demonstrators from clashing with counterprotesters yesterday at Trafalgar Square, The Daily Mail reports.

The pro-Israel counterprotesters unveiled a banner reading “Hezbollah like Hamas is also a Terrorist Organization,” while one of them called the other side “terrorist supporters” and chanted “Hamas are terrorists” with a megaphone, the report says.

One of the anti-Israel activists responded by using a siren on his megaphone to muffle the counterprotest. London Metropolitan Police officers stood between the groups to prevent any incidents, The Daily Mail says.

The #Palestine day of action in Trafalgar Square in London has, somewhat predictably, prompted a small pro-#Israel counter-protest at the front of the National Gallery. They *were* surrounded by a much larger group of pro-#Palestine supporters who were drowning them out, but the… pic.twitter.com/dTVU7uw0Fs

— Matt Capon (@MattLCapon) October 19, 2024