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Palestine supporters take to the streets to renew calls for an immediate ceasefire
Pro-Israel supporters and pro-Palestine supporters hold opposing demonstrations in Tottenham Court Road, in central London, April 20, 2024
PALESTINE supporters took to the streets in more than 40 towns and cities at the weekend, renewing calls for an immediate ceasefire and an end to genocide in beleaguered Gaza.
In Manchester one group of protesters roped themselves together to symbolise Palestinians suffering in Israeli prisons.
In London a protest took place outside the US embassy, while many centres saw Barclays branches targeted in protest at the bank’s investments in arms firms supplying Israel.
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