A march billed as an opportunity to show “solidarity” with the Palestinian people during the ongoing conflict in Gaza will take to the streets of Preston on Sunday afternoon.
The event - being staged under the banner “Preston for Palestine” - is described as a peaceful demonstration. Its passage will see a series of rolling road closures put in place along the circular route. The Preston-based Children of the Ghetto group organised a similarly-themed rally on the Flag Market earlier this month, which they estimated was attended by around 3,000 people.
“Three weeks ago, when this latest phase started, the British and American governments and the European Union were saying they were all behind Israel - and that it could do whatever it wanted, they were not going to call for a ceasefire “I think they have been shocked at the size and scale of the demonstrations saying that this killing of innocent children has to stop; and it has brought real pressure, because all of those have moved.
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