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Youth Demand stage protests across London demanding full trade embargo on Israel

YOUTH DEMAND swarmed London on Saturday to demand a trade embargo on Israel and taxes on the super-rich to pay climate reparations.

Sixty-three activists split into two groups and disrupted traffic across the capital including at Aldgate East station, High Holborn, London Bridge and Oxford Circus.

Both teams then converged on Waterloo Bridge where they remained for half an hour, before two supporters were arrested under breach of Section 7 of the Public Order Act.

A Youth Demand spokesperson said: “Since October 7 2023, more than 10 children in Gaza have lost one or both of their legs each day since Israel began indiscriminately murdering civilians. 

“The operations to save these children's lives are often carried out without anaesthetic due to the ongoing blockade of food and medical supplies being prevented from entering Gaza. 

“The UK is providing the weapons and logistical support that are being used to blow these children's limbs off. 

“What sort of ‘decent’ and ‘respectable’ society allows this to happen in 2025?? We need a total trade embargo with Israel right now!”

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