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Arab News
03-06-2025
- General
- Arab News
Vast majority of Brits want full arms embargo on Israel: Poll
LONDON: Around 80 percent of the British public support a full arms embargo on Israel, and just 16 percent oppose expelling the country from the UN, according to a poll conducted by Opinium. Around three-quarters of respondents want public sector pensions to disengage from investments linked to Israel. The findings come in the aftermath of Co-op members voting at their annual general meeting last week for the supermarket to stop selling Israeli products. Two-thirds of those surveyed by Opinium back similar boycotts by other UK supermarkets. Ben Jamal, director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said in a statement: 'The polling … speaks to Israel's growing isolation and the significant public support for sanctions. 'By continuing to arm and support Israel even as it enacts a genocide and a policy of forced starvation, the British government is holding on to an increasingly fringe position, completely out of sync with public opinion, and with the views of those who supported it at the last election.' On Wednesday, thousands of activists are set to form a kilometer-long cordon around the Houses of Parliament in London, linked by a stretch of red fabric, to call for an end to UK military aid to Israel and the imposition of sanctions on the country. Jamal said: 'Those bringing the demand for an arms embargo to Parliament … in a symbolic red line are doing so knowing that the demand is supported by the majority of their fellow citizens.' The PSC said in a press release: 'For nearly 3 months Israel imposed a total blockade preventing all humanitarian assistance, resulting in deaths by starvation, widespread malnutrition and hunger amongst 2.3 million people. 'Israel has now imposed a severely limited and militarised aid operation, condemned by international aid organisations, that has resulted in scores of Palestinians being shot dead as they search for food.'
Yahoo
15-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
London protests LIVE: Hundreds of police deployed amid rival pro-Palestine and counter-demonstrations
Hundreds of police officers have been deployed in central London as a mass pro-Palestinian protest and a rival counter-demonstration take place on Saturday. Under the Palestine Coalition banner, 'tens of thousands' of protesters are expected to gather near Green Park station from midday, demanding an end to what they describe as "Israel's siege of Gaza". The march will set off via Haymarket at 1pm and conclude with a rally in Whitehall. Nearby, a counter-demonstration organised by the group Stop the Hate will assemble at Coventry Street, close to Piccadilly Circus, prompting the Metropolitan Police to impose conditions on both protests under the Public Order Act. Ben Jamal, director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said: 'The genocide in Gaza has not ended. It continues by other means - by blocking supplies which are essential to human life. Israel's desire to ethnically cleanse and colonise Gaza has not disappeared; it remains a clear and present danger, which is now evident in the West Bank also.' The demonstrations coincide with tens of thousands of football fans arriving in the capital ahead of Sunday's Carabao Cup Final between Newcastle United and Liverpool at Wembley Stadium. Police will also oversee a separate demonstration starting at 3pm near the Royal Mint, protesting plans to build a new Chinese Embassy. The protest is organised by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China. 10:01 , Shaun Wilson Performing arts union Equity is also planning to join today's pro-Palestine march, with members from its north and south London branches Tomorrow 15 March, 11:30 we will be marching with @EquityUK @EquityNorthLdn membersjoining the National Demonstration @PSCupdates in solidarity with Palestine by the Diana Fountain in Green Park, a 3-minute walk from Green Park station in SW1A 1RD. — Equity London South Branch (@EquityLondonSth) March 14, 2025 08:51 , Shaun Wilson Friends of the Earth has tweeted in support of today's pro-Palestine march The Israeli government is again denying electricity, aid & water to the Palestine solidarity demo, London, Sat 15 March – demand justice and an end to collective 12pm, Piccadilly (Green Park). More info: — Friends of the Earth (@friends_earth) March 14, 2025 08:38 , Shaun Wilson A campaign group named Global Situation Awareness has shared a route map of today's protest on X #UK: Thousands expected for now monthly pro-Palestinian 'National Rally' march in #London 15March from #Piccadilly to #Whitehall. Previous march routes were not agreed + breached legal restraints resulting in arrests + clashes with police. Further incidents cannot be discounted — Global Situational Awareness (@GlobalSituAware) March 14, 2025 08:20 A protest is set to take place outside the Tesla centre in Park Royal, west London, urging people to boycott the car manufacturer over owner Elon Musk's political ties and work for the US government. Tesla has already faced a sharp drop in its share price this year, with growing competition from Chinese electric car makers and backlash over Musk's links to US President Donald Trump and far-right causes. Organisers are calling on Tesla owners to sell their cars and investors to offload their shares as part of the campaign. 08:18 , Sami Quadri Hundreds of police are ready to halt clashes as a mass pro-Palestinian protest and counter-demonstration takes place in central London. Under the Palestine Coalition banner, 'tens of thousands' are expected to assemble on Piccadilly, in the vicinity of Green Park Station, from midday on Saturday to demand an end to 'Israel's siege of Gaza'. They will set off at 1pm via Haymarket towards Whitehall where a rally will take place. A rival protest, organised by Stop the Hate, takes place in Coventry Street, just off of Piccadilly Circus. The Metropolitan Police have imposed conditions under the Public Order Act on both protests.
