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LONDON - Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched in central London on Saturday (Oct 14), calling for an end to Israel's military action in the Gaza Strip which was triggered by last weekend's rampage in Israel by the Hamas militant group.
Protesters, many of them waving Palestinian flags and signs saying "Free Palestine," gathered close to Oxford Circus from where they headed to Downing Street, the official residence and office of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Chants were aimed at the governments of Britain and the United States for supporting Israel.
Belal Stitan, a 22 year-old student, said he was fearful for his relatives in Gaza.
"No one in Gaza is OK. My family are all in Gaza and none of them are OK," he said, adding he wanted to get back to being able to speak to his cousins about normal things such as soccer and how they were getting on in school.
"This situation is a big, big problem for humanity and for me to have to say to the world, remember that we are human beings ..., I can't believe that we are here."
Asmat Malik, a 29 year-old pharmacist, said people were angry at what they considered the oppression of Palestinians over decades.
"But it doesn't mean that people condone Hamas in the slightest, because being pro-Palestine doesn't mean you're anti-Semitic. I think that's really important to stress," she said.
Police issued warnings before the "March for Palestine" that anyone with a flag expressing support for Hamas or other groups proscribed as terrorist by Britain would be arrested.
As the demonstration ended, police said seven arrests had been made, four of them for refusing to remove face masks.
Television images showed a group of protesters scuffling with police and firing fireworks at them.
Earlier on Saturday, the headquarters of the BBC broadcaster, which is located close the start of the march, was daubed in red paint. It was not immediately clear who had defaced the entrance to the building.
Pro-Palestinian protests took place in other cities in Britain and around the world on Saturday.
Source: Reuters
伦敦支持巴勒斯坦的加沙游行吸引了数千人
伦敦 - 周六（10 月 14 日），数千名亲巴勒斯坦示威者在伦敦市中心游行，呼吁结束以色列在加沙地带的军事行动，该行动是由哈马斯激进组织上周末在以色列的暴行引发的。
抗议者聚集在牛津广场附近，其中许多人挥舞着巴勒斯坦国旗和“自由巴勒斯坦”的标语，他们从那里前往唐宁街，这是英国首相里希·苏纳克的官邸和办公室。
口号是针对支持以色列的英国和美国政府。
22 岁的学生贝拉尔·斯蒂坦 (Belal Stitan) 表示，他为加沙的亲戚感到担心。
“加沙没有人没事。我的家人都在加沙，他们都没事，”他说，并补充说他希望能够与他的表兄弟谈论正常的事情，例如足球以及他们的情况。 在学校里。
“这种情况对人类来说是一个很大的问题，我必须对世界说，记住我们是人类……我不敢相信我们在这里。”
29 岁的药剂师阿斯马特·马利克 (Asmat Malik) 表示，人们对巴勒斯坦人数十年来遭受的压迫感到愤怒。
“但这并不意味着人们有丝毫纵容哈马斯，因为支持巴勒斯坦并不意味着你是反犹太主义者。我认为强调这一点非常重要，”她说。
警方在“巴勒斯坦游行”之前发出警告，任何持有表示支持哈马斯或其他被英国列为恐怖分子的组织的旗帜的人都将被逮捕。
示威结束后，警方表示已逮捕七人，其中四人因拒绝摘下口罩而被捕。
电视图像显示，一群抗议者与警察发生扭打，并向他们发射烟花。
周六早些时候，位于游行起点附近的 BBC 广播公司总部被涂上了红色油漆。 目前尚不清楚是谁污损了大楼的入口。
周六，英国和世界各地的其他城市也发生了亲巴勒斯坦抗议活动。
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