UK's pro-Palestine groups vow to hold demo in London on Armistice Day
Pro-Palestinian groups have vowed to hold a mass demonstration on Armistice Day, which is on November 11, in London despite the UK government's fierce opposition to the move.
On Monday, protest organizers said in a statement that they would continue marching for Gaza until a ceasefire has been put in place in the besieged Palestinian territory under constant fire from the occupation forces.
"Those mounting pressure are the same voices actively resisting the call for a ceasefire despite overwhelming public support for that call," the statement read.
The statement said pro-Palestinian groups will be staging a mass rally in support of Gaza on Saturday despite the British Met police joining the UK government's calls to cancel the planned march in central London on Armistice Day which marks the end of World War One.
Pro-Palestinian groups said they will be resisting the calls to cancel their marches in support of a ceasefire in Gaza.
“The idea that it is acceptable for Israel to keep bombing and killing Palestinians in Gaza, including over 4,000 children, but not for people to protest peacefully against these crimes is grotesque.”
The statement noted that the London pro-Palestinian rally organizers had met with British police, who acknowledged that protests had taken place peacefully with low arrest levels. Nevertheless, it added, “They asked us to consider not marching this Saturday and postponing for a week because of the sensitivity of this weekend.”
Meanwhile, Gaza's health ministry said the Israeli strikes in the past month had killed more than 10,000 people, mostly women and children, who are holed up in the blockaded war zone without water, food, medicine, electricity and fuel.
The Israeli atrocities continue despite public outcry for a truce in Gaza.
In related news, the United Nations secretary general repeated his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, saying the besieged Palestinian territory had turned into "a graveyard for children."
"Gaza is becoming a graveyard for children. Hundreds of girls and boys are reportedly being killed or injured every day," Antonio Guterres told reporters on Monday.
The UN chief said the occupant Israeli forces' relentless attacks on Gaza were clear violations of international humanitarian law adding that the Israeli regime is simultaneously targeting "civilians, hospitals, refugee camps, mosques, churches, and UN facilities – including shelters. No one is safe."
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