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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Edna Mohamed

Tensions flare over pro-Palestine activism in PM Starmer’s UK constituency

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators attend a march in London on February 15, 2025 [Chris J Ratcliffe/Reuters]

London, United Kingdom – Outraged by the onslaught on Palestinians in Gaza, a group of volunteers in the fashionable London borough of Camden urged the local council last year to stop investing in companies with ties to Israel.

The petition, led by the Camden Friends of Palestine group and signed by more than 4,200 residents, was an act of grassroots activism in one of the most symbolic constituencies in the country.

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