PA Video Grab of people taking part in a pro-Palestine march in central London organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and other groups, ahead of the one-year anniversary of Israel's bombardment of Gaza, October 5, 2024
BRITISH firms and organisations involved in Israel are facing a growing backlash of direct action by Palestine supporters demanding they break their links with the increasingly isolated state.
During Saturday’s huge London demonstration marking the anniversary of Israel’s attack on Gaza, a coalition of more than 50 organisations and over 1,000 activists took direct action against “complicit companies and institutions” along the route of the national march.
Targets included branches of Barclays Bank and the British Museum.
MPs and activists demand British government end its complicity in Israel’s assault on Gaza
Peaceful protesters are facing increasingly authoritarian clampdowns, including two recent arrests for putting a sticker on a Barclays ATM. LYNDA WALKER reports
