Fifteen people were arrested at a pro-Palestine march in central London on Saturday, where people called for “Intifada” and “Death, death to the IDF!”
Of those detained, 13 were from the pro-Palestine demonstration, one was from the counter-protest, organised by Stop the Hate, and one further arrest was made, which the Met Police said was unrelated to either protest.
Thousands of people marched through the capital in support of Palestine, holding banners which included “resistance by any means necessary”, and while the protest and counter-protest were kept apart by barriers and a police cordon, a man from the pro-Palestinian rally was captured on social media making what appeared to be a Nazi salute.
As well as chanting for “Intifada” and “Death, death, to the IDF!”, some protesters displayed red triangles, which is associated with support for Hamas. The symbol was banned in Berlin in 2024.
One man on the pro-Palestine march was videoed on social media holding up seven fingers and saying: “seven”, allegedly in reference to the October 7 Hamas attacks, which saw some 1,200 people in southern Israel murdered and more than 250 taken hostage into Gaza.
Heidi Bachram, prominent campaigner against antisemitism, posted on X: “This pro-Pal was making the number 7 with his fingers and shouting ‘7 October’ a threatening taunt at Israelis and Jews today. My relatives were murdered and kidnapped that horrific day and tis made me SICK to my stomach.”
On October 7, Heidi’s husband Adam Ma’anit’s cousin Tsachi Idan was taken hostage into Gaza after he had seen his eldest daughter Mayan, 18, murdered by Hamas terrorists in their home on Kibbutz Nahal Oz.
Other pro-Palestine demonstrators were seen carrying images of the Iranian ayatollah and flags of the IRGC. On Friday, Britain confirmed the IRGC would become a proscribed group, following the killing of tens of thousands of protesters during the current Iranian uprising.
