Yesterday the Foreign Minister of Israel, Avigdor Lieberman, visited London to hold meetings with the British Foreign Minister David Miliband and shadow Foreign Minister William Hague. Given his outspoken views on Palestine (which some have described as racist) it was no surprise that his visit was greeted with protests.
A small handful of protesters, organised by the Stop the War [...]
So for the fourth weekend in a row London saw another major Gaza protest today. Today’s protest focused on the BBC and the percieved pro-Israeli bias in its reporting. There was particular anger that the BBC was refusing to broadcast an emergency appeal by the Disasters Emergency Committee.
The protest started with a [...]
OK so I know I photograph a lot of protests, but yesterday was a sort of personal record for me as I ended up photographing THREE protests. It’s even more odd when I started out with no intention of going to any protest, but they sort of just found me!
I had to spend some [...]
So after weeks of protests by the Palestinian community, today it was the turn of the Jewish community to have their say. A large protest was organised by the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council.
The protest saw somewhere between 5 and 10,000 people come out to support Israel and call for [...]
So as the conflict enters its third week, so do the protests. There have been two weeks of protests outside the Israeli Embassy in Kensington, and there was last weeks protest in Trafalgar Square. Today saw the protest move to Hyde Park where a rally was held before a march across London to the Israeli [...]
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