Rally in London calling for end of Israeli occupation of Palestine

Speakers included:
Mustafa Barghouti (Palestinian Minister of Information)
Anglican Bishop Riah Abu El Assal
Professor Manuel Hassassian (Palestinian General Delegate to the UK)
Natan’l Silverman (Combatants for Peace)
Lord Andrew Phillips
Bruce Kent
Richard Burden MP
Jeremy Corbyn MP
Emily Thornberry MP
George Galloway MP
Caroline Lucas MEP
Dr Daud Abdullah (Muslim Council of Britain)
Ismael Patel (Friends of Al Aqsa)
Dr Azzam Tamimi
Mairead Corrigan Maguire (Nobel Peace Laureate)
Keith Sonnet (UNISON)

And a video message from Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh

To the thousands of gathered demonstrators in Trafalgar Square, this afternoon, Mustafa Barghouti spoke of the lengths that Israel will go - not only to murder innocent citizens: storming their houses and shooting them in the head - but in its determination to discredit and undermine any kind of Palestinian state, by hounding and imprisoning democratically elected members of parliament in the occupied territories.
Barghouti also mentioned the despicable and cowardly charges of treason brought against Knesset member, Azmi Bishara, who is now in enforced exile because if found guilty in an Israeli court, he could face execution. Read Jonathan Cook: The Shin Bet and the Persecution of Azmi Bishara.
More on the rally tomorrow...
Meanwhile on the critical situation in Gaza, read Zaki Chehab's piece in the New Statesman, Gaza: The jailed state