The Met Police told the Standard its officers responded to a group of Youth Demand activists blocking Tower Bridge causing serious disruption at around 6.30pm on Saturday. The protest group shared footage of protesters wearing keffiyehs and holding a banner reading stop arming Israel and chanting we demand reparations. In the background, green smoke from a flare covered the famous bridge and several activists can be seen waving Palestine flags.
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Do you find it curious that the protesters who have been in the streets, the people we're hearing from Hollywood and elsewhere who have intent understandably on helping the people of, the Palestinians, the people in Gaza who are under bombardment and have been for some time and who are hungry, are starving, that now that this peace plan is before Hamas, we're not seeing that same pressure on Hamas? Should they be continuing their protest but focus on Hamas?
Local workers said security guards were in position in front of the artwork, which is thought to be a reference to pro-Palestine protests. One, Matteo, said he passed by at 8.30am on Monday when the guards were trying to stop people from taking pictures. More staff then arrived with supplies to cover it up. I think it's disgusting that they would just cover it up, added Matteo, who witnessed arrests at a pro-Palestine protest in London on Saturday.
Nearly all of the 58 students placed on probation - the highest number since at least the 2017-2018 academic year - were disciplined for participating in a November 2023 pro-Palestine occupation of University Hall and an April to May 2024 pro-Palestine encampment at Harvard Yard, according to the Crimson. An additional 31 students were "formally admonished" but not placed on probation.
We demand from our politicians more than just talk. We are long past this, Remah Naji, one of the organisers of the protest in the eastern city of Brisbane, told Al Jazeera. Now, we demand actions in the same way we acted in times of genocide. We are signatories to the Genocide Convention, which means that we have an obligation to prevent and punish genocide when it occurs.
