The Latest Breaking News from Ben Jamal

London’s Tower Bridge closed due to pro-Palestine demonstration

Historic landmark closed for about an hour as activists call for ceasefire to the conflict in Gaza

The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2024

Thousands join pro-Palestine marches in London and Edinburgh

Demonstrations first in UK since UN’s international court of justice ordered Israel to ensure acts of genocide not committed in Gaza

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2024

Pro-Palestine march in London will end near Downing Street, say police

Met had previously refused to allow expected 300,000 demonstrators to hold rally on Whitehall on Saturday

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2024

London police investigate videos of potential hate crimes at rallies

Met and BTP seeking people seen in footage from Saturday’s marches, in particular at a ‘racially aggravated altercation’ at Waterloo

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2023

Police say Suella Braverman’s claims of force’s bias ‘a factor’ in attacks on them

Officers believe claims made before Saturday’s pro-Palestinian march stoked far-right violence

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2023

UK police step up efforts to ensure a massive pro-Palestinian march in London remains peaceful

London police are stepping up efforts to ensure a pro-Palestinian march remains peaceful following a week of political sparring over whether the demonstration should go ahead on the weekend Britain honors its war dead

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2023

Counterprotest groups plan to confront pro-Palestine marchers, say Met police

Force warns that different protests will be kept apart but some may seek out trouble on Saturday

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2023

Rishi Sunak faces Tory civil war as he holds off sacking Suella Braverman

Home secretary’s allies claim over 50 MPs are backing her but moderate Tories say PM must take action

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2023

Pro-Palestine march will be one of UK’s biggest ever protests, organisers predict

Police to put tight controls on protesters’ movements with hundreds of thousands expected at event on Armistice Day

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2023

‘It’s one of the fundamental issues of our time’: Ben Jamal, the man behind London’s pro-Palestine march

The son of a Palestinian vicar from west Jerusalem and an English mother has helped bring hundreds of thousands of people on to the capital’s streets

The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2023