TRADE UNION leaders called for sanctions on Israel today as thousands took part in protests across the country against its illegal annexation plans. 

Over 100 co-ordinated demonstrations were held from Brighton to Durham in a national day of action organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) against Israel’s plans to annex large swathes of the West Bank. 

Protesters were calling on the British government to impose sanctions in response to the flagrant violation of international law, which ministers have so far refused to do.