Published 1 month ago

Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy government building

Summary by Ground News

Protesters staged a distraction, involving a cyclist crashing into a pedestrian. They then forced their way into the Department for Business and Trade. The group blockaded the entrance to the building on Thursday morning. Police received an allegation of assault from a member of staff. The protesters left when officers arrived to break up the demonstration.

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The Independent

Pro-Palestine protesters occupy government department over ‘arming of Israel’

Pro-Palestine protesters occupied the entrance to a government department in Whitehall on Thursday 28 March over its perceived links to the supply of arms to Israel. London for a Free Palestine targeted the Department for Business and Trade. The protesters staged a distraction involving a cyclist crashing into a pedestrian, before forcing their way past a security guard and sitting on the floor in the entrance to the government building. Once th…

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Telegraph

Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy Department for Business and Trade

Police investigate allegation of assault after demonstrators force their way into the government building in Whitehall

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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Shropshire Star

Pro-Palestine protesters occupy Government department over ‘arming of Israel’

Pro-Palestine protesters have occupied the entrance to a Government department in Whitehall over its perceived links to the supply of arms to Israel.

1 month ago·Ketley, United Kingdom

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The Times

Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy government building

Police are investigating an alleged assault after demonstrators forced their way into the Department for Business and Trade to protest against arms sales to Israel

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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GB News

Pro-Palestine protestors occupy Government department calling on UK to 'stop arming Israel'

'It is completely unacceptable to harass civil servants as they go about their jobs and the attempt to enter the department by force cannot be justified in any way,' a Department for Business and Trade spokesperson said

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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Freedom News

Activists occupy gov department over arms export licences

Activists bring the fight against the arms trade, enabling genocide, to the people who enable it the most, the Department of Business and Trade. This morning, activists with London for a Free Palestine occupied the lobby of the Department of Business and Trade, calling on the UK government to stop arming Israel. This action was organised under the banner of the Free Palestine Coalition’s month of action. Cynthia Allett from London for a Free Pa…

1 month ago

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