Hawzah News Agency- Thousands of people marched through central London on Saturday to mark the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people, calling for an end to Israel's occupation and for the UK to halt arms sales to Israel.
The event was organized by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), alongside the Stop the War Coalition and several trade unions.
The solidarity campaign said on the US social media company X: "Thousands out in the rain in London to march for Palestine … We demand our government #StopArmingIsrael and pressure it to stop committing genocide against the Palestinian people''.
Ben Jamal, the campaign's director, said in a video that the day was established by the UN in 1977 to highlight that Palestinians "did not have their right of self-determination realized" and were living under "a system of brutal occupation''.
He said the day had come to symbolize "the complete failure of the international community" to act.
Jamal noted that while in 1977 there were "12,000 illegal settlers in East Jerusalem (and) the West Bank," the figure is now "close to 750,000''.
The Palestinian Mission to the UK posted a message of thanks on social media, saying: "We would like to thank all the freedom-loving people in Britain for standing with us … Palestine will be free with your unwavering support and dedication''.
In a landmark opinion last July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
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