Pro-Palestine protesters have occupied the entrance to a Government department in Whitehall over its perceived links to the supply of arms to Israel.It comes after pro-Palestine protestors stormed a Tesco store in London yesterday yelling into megaphones 'your profits are covered in Palestinian blood' whilst confused shoppers looked on.
She called on the Government to halt arms deals with Israel, saying that 'stopping sales to Israel and calling for a ceasefire are big steps that could really help, and by not doing that means that they are actually enabling genocide'. READ MORE: Frustrated tourists and food vendors blast 'annoying' pro-Palestine and eco-zealots who attempted to close British Museum today with a blockade Advertisement 'We have been seeing the indiscriminate killing of Palestinians', Ms Suffee said, adding: 'It's really time for the UK Government to actually do something. And this is one very concrete thing that will enable the killing to stop.
Maria, a 35-year-old student from London who withheld her surname, said at the protests: 'We are going here today to the Department for Business and Trade because that's where the licences for arms exports to Israel from the UK are signed and approved.
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