Hundreds of activists are set to protest outside an emergency cabinet meeting in Downing Street on Tuesday 29 July to demand the government takes immediate, meaningful action to halt Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Cabinet meeting to face protest over Gaza

As the Cabinet meets for a rare emergency meeting during the summer recess to discuss the Gaza genocide, hundreds of protestors will be noisily demonstrating outside Downing Street to demand immediate, meaningful sanctions against Israel. They will be banging pots and pans to symbolise the famine that Israel is using to kill Palestinians.

The recent scenes of starving babies and children from Gaza, as well the shooting of those seeking food aid at Israeli controlled distribution points, have sparked global outrage. The government has found itself politically isolated in its support for the genocidal regime in Israel and has been forced to change track by the constant stream of protest and condemnation around the UK.

So far it has made only cosmetic attempts to present itself as a humanitarian actor, such as the pitifully meagre and ineffective proposed use of air drops. Now the pressure is on the government to take concrete steps such as

• Immediately introduce a comprehensive military embargo to end all arms trade and military collaboration with Israel.

• End all trade negotiations with Israel and introduce a total ban on all trade which aids or assists Israel’s violations of international law including but not limited to trade with Israel’s illegal settlements.
• Introduce immediate and wide-ranging sanctions, including travel bans and asset freezes, against all Israeli government ministers, including Benjamin Netanyahu.

Protesters will meet at 1pm.

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By The Canary

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