Posted on May 16, 2021
Thousands protest in London over Israel-Gaza violence
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Thousands of people have marched through central London in support of the Palestinians amid ongoing fighting between Israel and militants in Gaza.
The organisers of the protest called on the UK government to stop allowing what they described as "Israel's brutal violence against and oppression of the Palestinian people".
Demonstrators marched to the Israeli embassy chanting "free Palestine".
It comes after the worst week of violence in Gaza and Israel since 2014.
At least 139 people have been killed in Gaza and nine in Israel since the fighting began on Monday.
Israel says dozens of militants are among the dead in Gaza, while Palestinian health officials say nearly half are women and children.
It came after weeks of spiralling Israeli-Palestinian tension in occupied East Jerusalem which culminated in clashes at a holy site revered by both Muslims and Jews. Hamas - the militant Islamist group which rules Gaza - began firing rockets after warning Israel to withdraw from the site, triggering retaliatory air strikes.
On Saturday, an Israeli air strike on a refugee camp in Gaza killed 10 people, while a Palestinian rocket killed a man in Israel.
A separate Israeli strike destroyed a high-rise building housing media organisations, including The Associated Press and Al Jazeera, plus a number of offices and apartments. The Israeli military said the building housed military assets belonging to Hamas.
The organisers of the protest called on the UK government to stop allowing what they described as "Israel's brutal violence against and oppression of the Palestinian people".
Demonstrators marched to the Israeli embassy chanting "free Palestine".
It comes after the worst week of violence in Gaza and Israel since 2014.
At least 139 people have been killed in Gaza and nine in Israel since the fighting began on Monday.
Israel says dozens of militants are among the dead in Gaza, while Palestinian health officials say nearly half are women and children.
It came after weeks of spiralling Israeli-Palestinian tension in occupied East Jerusalem which culminated in clashes at a holy site revered by both Muslims and Jews. Hamas - the militant Islamist group which rules Gaza - began firing rockets after warning Israel to withdraw from the site, triggering retaliatory air strikes.
On Saturday, an Israeli air strike on a refugee camp in Gaza killed 10 people, while a Palestinian rocket killed a man in Israel.
A separate Israeli strike destroyed a high-rise building housing media organisations, including The Associated Press and Al Jazeera, plus a number of offices and apartments. The Israeli military said the building housed military assets belonging to Hamas.
Thousands protest in London over Israel-Gaza violence
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Maybe... if HAMAS were not such abject cowards and gutless as to stage, store and use weapons from civilian population centers like neighborhoods, schools, mosques, hospitals and the like then the casualties would not be nearly as high in civilians. But no, HAMAS knows exactly what it is doing. They do this on purpose so that they can then run to Western Media and cry "look at what the filthy jews have done" and garner sympathy.
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SSG Robert Perrotto
They have always used civilians as both a shield, and a weapon against Israel, even staging fake dead, whom they pay to lay there on the ground covered in goats blood and makeup. I have absolutely no empathy for Palestineans, they are attacked by Israel by actions of their own choosing. Every goddamn time Israel extends the olive branch, Hamas has rejected them.
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I'M HOME Israel is only defending it self against those that want them wiped off the face of the Earth shipmate PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth What about the Palestinians in Jerusalem being Kicked Out of their Houses by Israeli Zionist. While the Israeli's will never be as Bad as the Nazis. In One Way they have Adopted the Methods of their Oppressors Before the Concentration Camps the Nazis Stole the Jews Houses in Germany. I Despise Fascism whether it is By Nazis or Israeli Zionist Nationalist. In Some Respect the Methods are the Same. Far Right Politics (Fascism) I will always Find Objectionable.
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel I'm looking at the bigger picture of those in the Arab nations that would like to see the Jewish race totally eliminated like my great uncles Nazi bosses tried to do.
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CPL Earl Kochis
We were no different in WW2 when we put Japenese Americans in Consentration camps for the protection of the American people! And as far as facism your looking in the wrong direction it’s far left socialism and communism that is facist! As far as Israel is concernedthe Arabs have been at war with Israel for 1000s of years and the palestinians have been the oppressors. Read some history!PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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SSG Robert Perrotto
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - good - Hamas has been killing Israeli civilians for nearly 50 years - fuck them, fuck Palestine, and I hope Israel finally eradicates the terrorists. If the Muslim world would lay down their arms against Israel, then there would be peace with Israel - If Israel lays down its arms, then there would be no more Israel. It is that fucking simple.
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