"CEASEFIRE NOW!" PROTEST AGAINST ISRAEL

March from Hyde Park to Westminster, London, England, 5 August 2006

Up to 100,000 protestors (claimed by Stop The War) from all over Britain marched today to protest Israel's campaign against Hezbollah. This has been the largest protest organised by Stop The War Coalition thusfar, drawing unprecedented numbers of British Hezbollah supporters to London. Largely peaceful, there were some scuffles with the police at the American Embassy, and people have been arrested at Downing Street for throwing shoes and eggs at the gates.

Hezbollah flags in front of the Big Ben. In previous marches, Lebanese flags far outnumbered Hezbollah flags, but the ratio is rapidly shrinking. Hezbollah flags are becoming more popular, more visible and more readily available in England.

British Muslims chant: "Hezbollah! Hezbollah! We are all Hezbollah!"

Pictures detailing the aftermath of the controversial (and hotly debated) Qana airstrike. One of the photographers of Qana, Adnan Hajj, has been caught out doctoring news images, and subsequently fired by Reuters.

Above is more chanting:

Arabic: Khaibar, Khaibar Ya Yahood, Jaish Muhammad sawfa ya'ood!

Translation: Khaibar, Khaibar Oh Jew, the army of Mohammed will return!

Explanation: Khaibar was a Jewish city in Arabia. It was conquered by Mohammed during the rise of Islam in 628, and its population slaughtered.

[Huge hat tip to reader Jan Scheurmann]

George Galloway shares a laugh with Anas Altikriti at the front of the march. Galloway was one of the speakers at Parliament Square, and his speech can be seen in this video clip:

The Communist Party of Britain display images of Marx, Engels and Lenin to call for peace.

Protestors spit on a Bush placard and stamp on it.

More images of Qana (by Adnan Hajj) carried by the little girls.

"Two, four, six, eight, Israel is a terrorist state!" Children encouraged to shout anti-Israel slogans whilst parading gruesome placards.

Police keep a watchful eye of the protest as it files past the American embassy.


Bianca Jagger marching in the white suit and sunglasses.

Children protest in Whitehall opposite Downing Street.

Bloody baby dolls with missing body parts were left near Downing Street.

A gift to Prime Minister Tony Blair ...

Brian Haw talks to a protestor.











Trying to attach another Hezbollah flag to the pole.

Anti-war protesters beating their drums. The music mixes in melodiously with the chants of "Hezbollah! Hezbollah! We are all Hezbollah!" of the protestors marching past.

A gift to London Mayor Ken Livingstone from the Arabian Cultural & Information Center.

Hezbollah flag attached to Respect banner.

Official helper with Hezbollah flag on his jacket.

Rather atypical Hezbollah supporter ...

Other reports / articles regarding this protest:

Demand an end to the bloodshed -- a pre-protest blog by Andrew Murray
Protesters call for Lebanon peace -- BBC
Thousands in war protest -- Sky News
Sky News photo gallery
Mass Demo Against Israeli Attacks -- Indymedia
Marc Vallee has many photos, including of police arrests
Rikki from Indymedia has some good pictures here.

Linking to this report:

Little Green Footballs
Hotair (Vent video with Michelle Malkin ... features Moonbat Media clip towards the end plus the top picture of Big Ben)
Hotair (blog article)
Power Line
Harry's Place
... and finally ... Football365 Forum decided to embark on a Photoshop contest of the pictures!

Related:

Anti-Israel protest, London, 22 July
Voices for Lebanon and Palestine rally, London, 30 July

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