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The demonstrators gathered for the third weekend in a row could be even more numerous than last week, when there were already 100,000.
According to British police, there were more than 100,000 pro-Palestinian protesters last week. There could well be more of the same this Saturday, October 28th. The procession left the banks of the Thames and made its way to Parliament Square. According to Scotland Yard, more than a thousand police officers have been mobilized for this demonstration. “A humanitarian pause is not enough, there must be a complete ceasefire,” Dani Nadiri, a 36-year-old television producer, told AFP. “It’s time to take action rather than further escalation.”
According to the Telegraph, slogans such as “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” were heard. The latter means that the Palestinians must settle in an area stretching from the Jordan to the Mediterranean, thereby denying the existence of Israel. Amar Picha, 31, a marketing project manager, condemns both the Hamas attacks and the Israeli government, “which has a much larger arsenal,” laments the “innocent lives destroyed” and attacks British politicians.
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“You are not at all qualified to lead this country.” “I don’t know who I will vote for next year,” he added. “I’m disgusted, it doesn’t make sense,” added Noori Butt, a 38-year-old teacher on the northern outskirts of London. “I don’t know how I’ll explain it to my two-year-old son when he’s older.” “I want peace,” “permanent peace for everyone,” she says.
Erdogan accuses the West of being “the main culprit in the massacres in Gaza.”
“The main culprits of the massacres in Gaza are the West. With the exception of a few conscience-stricken people who raised their voices, (these) massacres are entirely the work of the West,” said Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a “Meeting in Support of Palestine” attended by several hundred thousand people at the former Ataturk Airport in Istanbul.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a “meeting in support of Palestine.” DILARA SENKAYA / Portal
In a vicious speech against them, the Turkish leader challenged Western powers by accusing them of creating “an atmosphere of crusade” against Muslims. “I ask the West: will you create a new atmosphere of crusades against the Crescent?”, the emblem of the Muslim religion, he insisted.
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