"Pro-Palestine protesters in the UK have held demonstrations on the second anniversary of the 7 October attacks in Israel, despite pleas by Keir Starmer to cancel the un-British rallies. The prime minister said the events showed little respect for others while Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary; Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick also spoke out on the issue. However, within hours, a university protest began weaving its way through central London. A German student draped in an Israel flag was among the outnumbered counter-protesters."
"I'm not showing my support for the Israeli government or the war in Gaza but just for the Israeli people who have gone through something so, so terrible two years ago, the student said. A lot of my friends who are Jewish, who are Israeli, on a day like today they're terrified and they feel completely alone in their pain of that day. This is not a show of my political affiliation, this is just a show for my compassion for the Jewish people."
"With Palestinian flags, keffiyehs, drums and a banner listing the names and ages of those killed in Gaza, students snaked their way through streets walled by police to the London School of Economics and then SOAS, with many saying the government was attempting to silence them. Among those marching was Thahrima Ali, 21. The third-year student at King's College London said it was really important that we show our presence today, as protesters chanted free Palestine and Israel is a terror state."
Pro-Palestine protesters in the UK held demonstrations on the second anniversary of the 7 October attacks in Israel despite government pleas to cancel. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and several ministers urged cancellation and said the events showed little respect for others. University students marched through central London toward LSE and SOAS with Palestinian flags, keffiyehs, drums and a banner listing names and ages of Gaza victims, and police formed cordons. A German student wearing an Israel flag described support for Israeli people and compassion for Jewish friends, while many protesters chanted "free Palestine" and "Israel is a terror state." The demonstrations followed a deadly Manchester synagogue attack, which some protesters said should not silence them, and some Jewish protesters were present.
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