Thousands of people marched this Sunday against antisemitism on the streets of Londonone day after a New pro-Palestinian demonstration and the third day of the truce between Israel and Hamas.
According to the French news agency AFP, in the parade, which left the Royal Court of Justice towards Parliament in the center of the capital, many protesters waved Israeli and British flags and signs that read “Zero tolerance for anti-Semitism.”
Also showed photographs of hostages kidnapped by Hamas during the bloody attack launched against the public at a festival in Israel on October 7, prompting an Israeli military response in the Gaza Strip, which has been bombed relentlessly since that attack considered terrorist.
“On October 7 we woke up to a new reality and we were all traumatized,” Omer Plotniarz, a 37-year-old music therapist, who participated in the parade with his wife and son, told AFP.
“We just want to see our babies, our wives, our brothers and sisters, all at home.”We are here to support Israel, to demand the release of all the hostages,” said Debby Goldberg, 52, with an Israeli flag draped over her shoulders.
This Israeli citizen originally from Argentina said he was participating in the demonstration to “ask for peace and an end to the nightmare” that is being experienced in the Gaza Strip, which has been in a period of humanitarian truce for three days.
According to the Jewish charity Community Security Trust (CST), 1,324 anti-Semitic acts were recorded in Britain between the start of the war on October 7 and November 15, a record, compared to the 271 recorded in the same period of the year. last year.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson participated in this march, at the initiative of the Campaign Against Antisemitism organization.
At the beginning of the demonstration, police arrested the founder of the far-right EDL group, Tommy Robinson, who was ordered to leave the scene.
On Saturday, tens of thousands of Britons also took to the streets once again in support of the Palestinians, demanding a lasting ceasefire in Gaza.
For today, the third day of the truce between Israel and Hamas, a new exchange of Hamas hostages for Palestinian prisoners is planned.
The Israeli army estimated the total number of hostages held at 240 and the number of people – the vast majority of them civilians – massacred during the October 7 attack at 1,200.
In the Gaza Strip, the Hamas government claims that nearly 15,000 people, including 6,150 children under 18, were killed by Israeli strikes.
Source: TSF
