Tens of thousands attend a pro-Palestine rally outside the US embassy
This weekend saw tens of thousands attend a pro-Palestine rally outside the US embassy, just days before that country’s presidential election.
Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched to the embassy in the 21st national Palestine demonstration.
An encampment was set up outside the embassy in September to protest against its government’s unwavering support for Israel, and welcomed the crowds.
For more than a year, marchers have been calling for an immediate and sustained ceasefire in Gaza, and an end to the genocide.
On the 21st national demonstration, they were echoing calls for Israel to take its hands off Lebanon, and stop its drive to war with Iran.
Demonstrators were also demanding that the UK and US halt all arms sales to Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, which are being used to perpetrate his bloody assault in the Middle East.
Among the speakers were Richard Burgon, MP for Leeds East, Apsana Begum, MP for Poplar and Limehouse, Jeremy Corbyn, MP for Islington North [pictured at a previous event], Sarah Agha, Palestinian actress and writer, Hamza Stitan, Palestinian activist, Lindsey German, convenor at Stop the War coalition, and Ben Jamal, director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
The day also marked the anniversary of the 1917 Balfour Declaration, when the then-foreign secretary Arthur Balfour wrote to Jewish community leader Lord Rothschild expressing support for the establishment of a ‘national home’ for the Jewish people in Palestine.
The demonstration came after thousands of people across the country took part in a day of action for Palestine and Lebanon, including a huge rally which saw more than 30,000 people filling Trafalgar Square.
Hundreds of toys and flowers were then laid at the gates of Downing Street to pay tribute to the slaughtered people of Palestine, most of them women and children.
There have been 20 pro-Palestine national demonstrations since October 2023, which have seen hundreds of thousands of people on the streets in cities across the UK. There have also been hundreds of local protests, all kinds of direct action, student encampments, an escalated boycott and divestment campaign, and a series of trade union-backed national workplace days of action.
The organisations behind the national demos are: Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War Coalition, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Muslim Association of Britain, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and Friends of Al Aqsa.
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