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Glasgow demonstration takes place to 'remember Gaza's lost men'
The Gaza Genocide Emergency Committee (GGEC) organised the national demo to coincide with Father's Day on June 15.
Ahead of today's event, they said: "This coming Father's Day, we gather in red to honour all the men slaughtered in Gaza, to demand decisive sanctions against Israel, forcing it to halt the extermination, and to assert the internationally-recognised right of all Palestinians to resist their genocidal elimination."
(Image: Gordon Terris, Newsquest) Those taking part were asked to wear red.
The demo began at Glasgow Green at the McLennan Arch at 12.30pm today (June 14) before a march into the city centre started at 1pm.
Rabbi Elhanan Beck and Rabbi Haim Sofer joined the march and were pictured at the front of the crowd.
(Image: Gordon Terris, Newsquest) The two men were greeted by members of the GGEC arriving at Glasgow Central Station on Friday, June 13.
A post shared by the Committee on Instagram read: "Both men are anti-Zionist Orthodox Jews who fervently oppose genocidal Israel and stand in unshakeable solidarity with the Palestinian people."
They also spoke at the demo in Glasgow Green alongside Adam Al Khateb and Hussein Ezzedine
Rabbi Beck was pictured holding a sign which read: "Judaism condemns the state of 'Israel' and its atrocities."
Other signs by those taking part had statements such as "stop Gaza genocide", "it's not a war, it's a genocide", and "stop bombing Iran".
(Image: Gordon Terris, Newsquest) (Image: Gordon Terris, Newsquest) (Image: Gordon Terris, Newsquest) (Image: Gordon Terris, Newsquest)
