[Concerns over whether civil society can
function are growing – now serious questions
are being asked of the
Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
Its director Ben Jamal told MPs in December
that “alongside the national marches,
we have called for days of action,
where people have marched and held
protests and vigils in towns and cities
across the UK.
We have not specifically organised or called for
demonstrations outside MPs’ offices“.
Then, during Wednesday’s Gaza debate chaos,
Jamal told protestors: “We want so many
of you to come that they will have to
lock the doors of parliament itself”
and called for them to “ramp up pressure”
on MPs. That pressure has led to protests
in increasingly private locations.
Two days later, Anneliese Dodds was harassed
and protestors stormed a Tory fundraiser in
Stoke from which MP Aaron Bell had to
be warned off arriving by the police.
The Stoke Palestine Solidarity Campaign
declared itself responsible of the attack,
which was led by ex Hizb-ut Tahrir member
Tayyib Muqeem. The central Palestine Solidarity
Campaign has, on top of this,
taken ownership of the Stoke branch.
Three arrests have been made so far…]
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