1,000 Palestinians protest at Israeli embassy following Gaza bombing - 15.11.2012
Around a thousand Pro-Palestinian supporters were joined this afternoon by the Stop the War Coalition, Anonymous and Rabbis from anti-Zionism group Naturei Carta, as they gathered outside the Israeli embassy on London's Kensington High Street in a hastily-called emergency protest following Israel's recent assassaination of senior Hamas commander Ahmed Said Khalil al-Jabari, which has been followed by an air and sea bombardment on the Gaza Strip.
It was announced this evening that following two days of sustained bombing of what are allegedly "terrorist targets", and which have already indiscriminately killed many civilians and children, Israeli IDF forces are preparing to make a ground assault on Gaza in what the Israeli military has christened "Operation Pillar of Defense", which brings to mind the brutality of "Operation Cast Lead" in 2008 which left much of the Gaza strip completely destroyed. Many commentators claim that the Israeli attacks on Gaza have been solely to bolster up the current Netanyahu government ahead of the leadership elections early in 2013. though Palestinian Katushya rocket attacks by the Islamists have been cited as justification for the heavy-handed and unbalanced attack on the largely defenceless Gazans.
There was a smaller (but equally spirited) counter demonstration further along the pavement by supporters of Israel.
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1,000 Palestinians protest at Israeli embassy following Gaza bombing - 15.11.2012
Around a thousand Pro-Palestinian supporters were joined this afternoon by the Stop the War Coalition, Anonymous and Rabbis from anti-Zionism group Naturei Carta, as they gathered outside the Israeli embassy on London's Kensington High Street in a hastily-called emergency protest following Israel's recent assassaination of senior Hamas commander Ahmed Said Khalil al-Jabari, which has been followed by an air and sea bombardment on the Gaza Strip.
It was announced this evening that following two days of sustained bombing of what are allegedly "terrorist targets", and which have already indiscriminately killed many civilians and children, Israeli IDF forces are preparing to make a ground assault on Gaza in what the Israeli military has christened "Operation Pillar of Defense", which brings to mind the brutality of "Operation Cast Lead" in 2008 which left much of the Gaza strip completely destroyed. Many commentators claim that the Israeli attacks on Gaza have been solely to bolster up the current Netanyahu government ahead of the leadership elections early in 2013. though Palestinian Katushya rocket attacks by the Islamists have been cited as justification for the heavy-handed and unbalanced attack on the largely defenceless Gazans.
There was a smaller (but equally spirited) counter demonstration further along the pavement by supporters of Israel.
All photos © 2012 Pete Riches
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