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Police use Public Order Act to keep rival protesters apart at London demonstration marking two years since Gaza war began
- On Saturday, pro-Palestinian protesters marked two years since the Gaza war with a march from Victoria Embankment to Whitehall, while London police imposed measures to prevent clashes with a Stop The Hate counter-protest.
- Following a U.S.-brokered ceasefire that began the day before, protesters gathered in London as Palestinians began returning to devastated homes after Hamas's October 7 attack, which killed about 1,200 and took 251 hostages.
- Scotland Yard said it had imposed conditions under the Public Order Act, and nearly 500 arrests were made last week, mostly for supporting banned group Palestine Action.
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood warned the protests had caused `considerable fear` among the Jewish community in London, and the government flagged a crackdown on chants, while Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer urged protesters to `respect the grief of British Jews`.
- Organiser Palestine Solidarity Campaign framed the event as a national demonstration with a march along Embankment before a Whitehall rally, and Ben Jamal, PSC director, said the group will `never stop` supporting Palestinians to `achieve a free Palestine`.
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Tens of thousands attend pro-Palestinian rally in Sydney
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of people joined a pro-Palestinian rally in the business district of Australia's most populous city, Sydney, on Sunday, organisers said, after a court this week blocked a move to hold the protest at the Sydney Opera House. Around 27 protests took place across Australia on Sunday, including in Melbourne and Sydney, said the organiser, the Palestine Action Group, which estimated a crowd of 30,000 at the Sydney ra
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Another day of demonstrations of support to the Palestinian people, in the streets of London, Oslo, Milan and Turin, after the entry into force on Saturday of a cease-fire agreement in Gaza.
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