‘Preston for Palestine’ solidary march to begin at Flag Market

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The rally on Sunday will begin on the Flag Market and then proceed around the city centre taking in Friargate and Fishergate before returning to the Flag Market.

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.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. Israel mounted a military air campaign over the Gaza Strip following the slaughter of more than 1,300 of its citizens – and the kidnap of over 200 others – by Hamas, the group that controls the tiny territory. The organisation is a proscribed terror group in the UK and elsewhere and Israel has vowed to destroy it in response to the 7th October attacks within its borders.

 

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