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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Matthew Weaver and Matty Edwards

Twelve arrests at al-Quds Day rally and counterprotest in London

Pro-Palestinian al-Quds Day protester display placards calling for an end to attacks on Iran
People take part in the al-Quds Day rally in London. The rival demonstrations exposed bitter divisions between Iranians in the UK. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images

Twelve people were arrested as hundreds joined a pro-Palestinian al-Quds Day demonstration on one side of the Thames, while hundreds more gathered on the opposite bank to back Israeli and American attacks on Iran.

Al-Quds Day is an international demonstration of support for Palestinian rights. The event takes its name from the Arabic for Jerusalem and was established by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini after Iran’s 1979 revolution.

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