In London 40 arrests at the march for Palestine. Dismayed by the “finish them” on missiles by Nikki Haley
The demonstration in Westminster for the ceasefire ends with two policemen injured and dozens arrested. Anger is mounting over the pro-Israel photo of the US ambassador to the UN
ROME – Protests continue in squares around the world against Israel, accentuated after the bombings carried out in Rafah by the Tel Aviv army. On the other hand, in the United States, there is a storm over the widespread image of Nikki Haley. The former Republican governor of South Carolina and Permanent Representative for the USA to the United Nations was in fact immortalized while photographing missiles made in the USA, with a horrifying writing, “Finish them”
About forty demonstrators were arrested in London during protests yesterday evening in Westminster, to demand a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the immediate access of humanitarian aid , almost eight months after the start of Israel’s military operation. The Metropolitan Police Service reports this in a statement shared on – estimated between 8 thousand and 10 thousand people, left peacefully, while a group of 500 people refused and continued to demonstrate”. Hence the intervention of the officers, who arrested around 40 protesters. Two policemen injured in the riots.
Meanwhile, Israel’s offensive on Rafah does not stop despite the almost unanimous condemnation of the international community after the bombing of a refugee camp last Sunday, which caused the death of over 40 civilians, including many children, and two Hamas commanders. Yesterday, Israeli tanks were brought into center of the city which hosts thousands of refugees from all over the Strip. Last night, a camp where displaced families live in makeshift tents was hit again, in an area of western Rafah that had been defined as a “safe zone” for civilians by the Israeli army. At least twenty dead.
At the United Nations, France appealed to the Security Council to “stop the war in Rafah”, while Algeria presented a new draft resolution for an immediate ceasefire in the Strip. The Israeli government is currently facing numerous criticisms also for not having respected the order of the International Court of Justice which asked Tel Aviv to interrupt all military operations in Rafah and the surrounding densely populated area and to withdraw its troops. to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid.
Rain of criticism in these hours is also reaching Nikki Haley: the former candidate in the US Republican primaries, who recently assured her support for Donald Trump, had herself photographed while , during a trip to Israel, signed an Israeli army missile by writing “Finish them all“. Weapons and ammunition used by Israeli forces are largely supplied by the United States, as part of the policy of Democratic President Joe Biden.
