Glasgow pro-Palestine protest escalates after ‘mistaken’ arrest of organiser

A PROTEST against a meeting of a Glasgow pro-Israel group saw a dramatic escalation today after one of its organisers was “mistakenly” arrested.
Glasgow Life, the city council’s arms-length charity which operates the Glasgow Concert Hall, came under fire last week after it emerged they had allowed the Glasgow Friends of Israel to hire the venue for a private meeting.
A spokesperson for the charity argued they would take “a neutral and service-led approach to all parties,” as they had for the “Gig for Gaza” last year.
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