London demonstration marks two years of Gaza genocide

Israeli guns may have fallen silent in Gaza for now, but the sound of solidarity for Palestinians is as loud as ever. The mood in London is celebratory, but along with the jubilation, there is an air of skepticism.

I will do anything to stop the killing, but the Palestinian voices have to be at the forefront of rebuilding and rebuilding their lives. Ordinary people have been suffering for so long, and we can't allow that to continue.

Mothin Ali, Deputy Leader, Green Party

• London hosts massive demo to mark two years of Gaza genocide
  

  London hosts massive demo to mark two years of Gaza genocide

  Tens of thousands march through central London marking two years since the Israeli regime’s genocidal assault on Gaza began.

It means colonial subjugation for the Palestinian people; it will not end the genocide. 

Demonstrator 01

I'm suspicious that there's ulterior motives, that the Palestinians won't get what they want, what they need, what they deserve.

Demonstrator 02

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Others worry the pause is a precursor to more Zionist violence elsewhere.

Israel has broken every ceasefire, every single ceasefire in history, since 1948, so I suspect the next thing will be, in a week or two, an attack on Iran. That is what they planned all along.

Jewish Network for Palestine, Member

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As they make their way to Downing Street, the demand for accountability for those who enabled Palestinian suffering, including here in Britain. A lot of the anger here is directed at Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

His hands are full of the blood of the Palestinian people, and he is complicit in this.

What he is worried about, just like Macron and some other ones, is this, they are worried that the longer Israel continue doing that, the longer their mask, their humanitarian mask is going to be falling off.

So they come into Israel and say, Listen, man, we get it. We are all for genocide. That's what we do. But you know what, it's taking too long. Everybody's looking; you are making us look bad.

Demonstrator 03

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  UK Prime Minister decried for enabling Palestinian starvation

  Protesters in Britain are demonstrating against the Israeli siege in Gaza, symbolized by banging on pots and pans to represent the lives lost to starvation and hunger.

Last month, Britain recognized Palestine as a state to form alongside Israel, with Israel's genocidal assault on Gaza; more and more people seem to support a single state in all of Historic Palestine.

We cannot trust Netanyahu or the Zion entity as far as we can throw them.

They are evil, they are insidious, and they are out for blood, and they only just bombed Lebanon last night after a ceasefire deal; they are just out for blood.

We cannot trust it, and that is why we are here today. We don't stop until they stop, they are abolished, and they are absolutely dismantled, so there's no Zionism left.

Demonstrator 04

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And above all, the emphasis here is that the Palestine Solidarity movement must not become complacent.

Two years on, the demonstrators here are saying the world must not look away, that solidarity should last longer than any ceasefire.

The shaky ceasefire in Gaza comes after two years of a genocidal war, regardless of whether it holds the question remains; will the world finally confront the systems that made this genocide possible?

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