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Hizbollah flags fly in London

July 7, 2016 10:42
Child wearing Hizbollah colours

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Josh Jackman,

Josh Jackman

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Hizbollah flags were on display in London last Sunday as around 600 protesters gathered for the annual anti-Israel Al-Quds Day march.

Police did not act to prevent the protesters displaying the colours of the organisation - whose military wing is defined as a terrorist group by the UK government - and made no arrests.

Approximately 500 pro-Israel activists mounted a counter-demonstration, with some chanting "Shame! Shame! Shame!" and "Terrorist scum: off our streets" when the Al-Quds Day marchers collected outside the United States embassy in Grosvenor Square.

Pro-Palestinians distributed placards accusing Israel of genocide, with one banner reading: "Dismantling of Zionist State = End Of Bloodshed." One man carried a homemade sign which said: "Israel is a cancer. We are the cure."