Pro-Palestine Campaigner Defends Call to Swarm Parliament

Published on February 24, 2024

A pro-Palestine campaigner defended trying to swarm Parliament on Wednesday as it was reported he wanted “so many” people to show up that Parliament needs to be shut down. Ben Jamal, the director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), which organised the campaign on Wednesday, defended trying to get some 3,000 protesters into Parliament, saying the PSC “absolutely reject any argument that it is unacceptable for peaceful protests to take place outside of MPs’ office.” The campaign was organised on the day MPs were debating on whether to call for a ceasefire in Israel and Gaza. On Wednesday evening, slogans, including the controversial chant “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” were beamed onto the Elizabeth Tower....

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