Supporters of the Gaza protesters jailed for violence outside the Israeli embassy held a meeting at Parliament last night calling for their release.
Supporters claimed that the protesters, who threw bottles at police and vandalised a local branch of Starbucks, were victims of a “direct attack on the Muslim community” by the government and police.
At least 22 protesters have now been jailed for between eight months and two-and-a-half years, almost all for public order offences.
Speaking at the meeting, MP George Galloway MP said: “It’s a melancholy fact Israel is a state, it has an embassy and the embassy must be protected. But it’s one thing stopping people getting through the police lines and another pro-actively attacking protesters.”
