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Thousands of protesters marched through central London on Saturday in the latest show of support for Palestinians.
A protest organised under the Palestine Coalition, including the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and Stop The War, gathered at 1pm in Piccadilly near Green Park station before marching to Whitehall for a rally.
A smaller counter-protest, organised by the group Stop The Hate, waited in Coventry Street, near Piccadilly Circus.
The groups were separated by barriers and a marked area protected by police as they passed.
Police said the demonstration, including when it passed counter-protesters, passed “without incident”.
“The Palestine Coalition protest has concluded without incident,” a Met spokesperson said.
“We’ll reopen Whitehall as soon as the stage and other infrastructure has been removed and it is safe to do so.”
Pro-Palestine protesters marched holding signs and banners that read "stop arming Israel" and "open your eyes Keir, see what Israel is doing".
Among those marching were former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who was pictured behind a banner reading: “National march for Palestine. Stop arming Israel”.
The Met Police had imposed conditions under the Public Order Act on both protests meaning participants of the pro-Palestine demonstration could not assemble before 12pm and the procession had to remain on the set route.
Separately, police were overseeing a demonstration near the Tower of London, protesting plans to build a new Chinese ‘mega embassy’ in the Royal Mint Court in Tower Hamlets.
The protest, organised by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, was called amid human rights concerns and fears that the proposed embassy could prove an espionage and security risk, which China has rejected.
