Thousands Peacefully Rally for Release of Hamas Hostages Outside UK Parliament

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Thousands Peacefully Rally for Release of Hamas Hostages Outside UK Parliament

Thousands of protesters gathered exterior of the British Parliament in London on Sunday to name for the discharge of hostages taken from Israel by Hamas terrorists final month.

Parliament Square was lined on Sunday morning with hundreds of protesters waving British and Israeli flags as they demanded the discharge of an estimated 240 folks kidnapped by Islamist Hamas terrorists in the course of the October seventh assaults on the Jewish state that left over 1,400 useless.

Holding flyers that includes the photographs of these taken hostage by Hamas, the demonstrators have been recorded singing the “Hatikvah,” the Israeli nationwide anthem, in addition to “God Save the King” and different songs of peace, in line with footage posted on social media. The demonstrators have been additionally heard chanting: “Bring them home!”

Chants of “bring them home!” after an extremely touching efficiency of God Save The King. You don’t see a lot of this from the opposite protests, do you? pic.twitter.com/a2XSFmLIVO

— Darren Grimes (@darrengrimes_) November 5, 2023

The indiscriminate brutality of the Hamas assaults final month noticed many international vacationers additionally killed and brought hostage from Israel, including 12 slain Britons and a minimum of three British nationals who’re nonetheless categorised as lacking.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak beforehand described the Hamas assaults as an “existential strike at the very idea of Israel as the home for the Jewish people” and stated that it ought to be considered as a “pogrom” — the time period usually used to explain the organised bloodbath of Jews.

Incredible scenes in Parliament Square as hundreds sing songs of peace and name for the return of the 240 kidnapped by Hamas pic.twitter.com/em22yDbPtt

— Jewish News (@JewishNewsUK) November 5, 2023

A feminine activist from Iran addressed the group in Parliament Square on Sunday and castigated the Islamist regime in management of the beforehand liberal Persian state for backing Hamas and different terror teams towards Israel.

“The Islamic Republic [of Iran] is the supporter, the trainer and the biggest funder of terrorism in the Middle East. [It] is holding my entire nation hostage as they are posing attacks on your free-living democratic nation,” she stated.

“The atrocities that we’ve been witnessing towards ladies, kids, infants, the aged, folks in a music competition, simply youths celebrating peace, is being celebrated right this moment in London, Paris, Milan and throughout America.

“The people of Iran are on your side… so down with the Islamic Republic of Iran, down with Hamas, down with Hezbollah!”

I by no means imagined that the most effective pro-Israel speech would come from Iranians.

Thank you Lily and the folks of Iran, we stand collectively ✊ pic.twitter.com/bhrhTlWaLv

— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) November 5, 2023

The peaceable protest on Sunday in Parliament Square got here after one more large-scale anti-Israel demonstration in London on Saturday, through which 29 folks have been arrested for “inciting racial hatred and racially aggravated public order.”

Two folks have been arrested on suspicion of breaching the Terrorism Act, the Metropolitan Police said, in addition to a person for allegedly making antisemitic feedback throughout a speech on the rally. Three folks have been additionally arrested for assaults on cops.

The pro-Palestine protests held in London every of the previous 4 weekends have coincided with a drastic enhance in antisemitic incidents within the British capital, with the Met revealing that within the two weeks following the Hamas assaults on Israel, there was a staggering 1,350 per cent enhance in antisemitic acts in London.

Pro-Palestine Protesters Occupy London Train Stations, Clash With Police During Anti-Israel Demohttps://t.co/3YhbfxlyMj

— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) November 4, 2023