Times:
Did the police really retreat when they were needed most? That seems to be the modern UK way.Violent confrontations broke out at the Israeli Embassy in London today as up to 1,500 protesters against Israel's Gaza campaign gathered in a vociferous demonstration.
Campaign supporters, Palestinians and British Muslims stood on the pavement of High Street Kensington, west London, and chanted in unison: “Five, six, seven, eight - Israel is a terror state.”
Riot police were brought in to control the crowd, some of whom turned violent. Witnesses said some protestors were forcibly removed and others were seen with bloodied faces as violence erupted.
One campaigner was seen throwing a bag and what appeared to be a book over some gates towards the embassy and another was seen throwing red liquid. Officers retreated from the immediate scene as the crowds swelled, and some appeared to be trying to break through barriers to access the embassy.
The protesters waved Palestinian flags and held up placards, including some which read: “Holocaust in Gaza” and “no peace, no justice.”
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We get to see the typical Muslim word abuse suggesting that a holocaust was taking place in Gaza. If that were the Israeli objective the casualties would have been in the thousands or hundred of thousands. This kind of exaggeration really weakens the Palestinian argument. Not to mention all those rockets fired toward noncombatants. Since the Palestinian authorities concede that the Israeli effort was aimed to the Hamas security officials, suggestions of a holocaust ring hollow.
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