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'We should be disgusted by our lack of action and stop arms sales to Israel'
Protesters gathered outside an MP's office this morning (May 30) to call for an end to UK arms sales to Israel.
The group gathered outside Labour MP Yasmin Qureshi's office on St George's Road in Bolton town centre.
This comes as more than 300 actors, musicians, activists and others used an open letter to call on the Prime Minister to 'take immediate action to end the UK's complicity in the horrors of Gaza'.
Eileen Murphy, at the Bolton protest, said: "We're here to lobby MPs to stop arms sales to Israel as they are killing innocent children.
Outside the MP's office (Image: NQ) "We're calling for MPs to attend an early day motion which calls for an end to the UK's complicity in Israel's actions."
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Former Horwich Labour councillor Kevin McKeon also joined the protests.
"Keir Starmer's government continue to sell arms to Israel," he said. "What's going on is horrendous and we should be disgusted by our lack of action as a country."
Kevin McKeon outside the town hall steps (Image: NQ) Prime minister Starmer and foreign secretary David Lammy have in recent weeks heightened pressure on Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu to make aid more accessible to Gaza.
The UK government also suspended trade talks with the Middle Eastern nation over its conduct in a war that has seen more than 50,000 Palestinian civilians die since Hamas' assault on October 7, 2023, killed 736 Israelis.
