Tens of thousands of Palestine supporters have rallied in London to call for an end to the violence for the third weekend in a row.
The march to Parliament Square through the city centre came as Israel launched an expanded military operation in Gaza, with heavy bombardment and troops inside the territory as they seek to root out the Hamas terrorists who killed 1,400 people and took more than 200 hostage.Protesters held Palestinian flags and banners, and chanted "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free", a controversial slogan that some say is anti-Semitic because it suggests that Israel should not exist.
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said on Saturday that there is no sign that Hamas wants or would stick to a ceasefire.The marches come amid concerns that a legal right to protest Israel's actions has sometimes shaded into anti-Semitism, against a backdrop of increased hate crimes against Jews. Last week's march caused controversy when a protester called for jihad but was not arrested.
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