Protesters against Netanyahu's UK Visit to Gather in London Wednesday
In a press release issued by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), Hugh Lanning, a British pro-Palestinian activist and head of PSC, said: “We want to know why David Cameron is welcoming a man directly responsible for UN-identified war crimes to the UK.”
“[Cameron’s] welcome for Netanyahu sends out a very negative message about the UK government’s attitude towards Israel’s serial human rights abuses and the war crimes it committed in Gaza last year,” he added.
“Cameron should get his priorities straight. Instead of welcoming Netanyahu, he should be imposing immediate sanctions and an arms embargo on Israel until it complies with international law and ends the occupation and the siege on Gaza,” Lanning proposed.
The protesters will wear masks of Netanyahu and Cameron and hold family photographs of some of the Palestinians who were killed during the Israeli aggression on Gaza last year, WAFA reported.
Scottish National Party (SNP) MP Tommy Sheppard will be among SNP MPs attending the protest, and will address the protesters.
A petition has been signed by over 100,000 UK citizens demanding the arrest of the Israeli Prime Minister upon his arrival in London.
