Pro-Palestine coalition condemns Starmer for suggesting ban on marches

<article data-history-node-id="439454" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/pro-palestine-coalition-condemns-starmer-suggesting-ban-marches" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/pro-palestine-coalition-condemns-starmer-suggesting-ban-marches" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Pro-Palestine coalition condemns Starmer for suggesting ban on marches</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A coalition of campaign groups organising pro-<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestine</a>&nbsp;marches in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/uk" target="_blank">UK</a>&nbsp;has criticised attempts by politicians and the media to smear the demonstrations, as well as suggestions they could be banned.</p> <p>Confirming that the planned Nakba Day demonstration in London will go ahead on 16 May, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), Stop the War Coalition, Friends of Al-Aqsa and other groups stated on Friday night that "the right to protest is a fundamental freedom".</p> <p>"In the wake of the horrific antisemitic attack in Golders Green, politicians and the media have rushed to falsely characterise the marches for Palestine and to call for them to be suppressed," PSC said.</p> <p>"These calls dangerously conflate Jewish people with the state of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>&nbsp;and peaceful political protest with unconnected violent acts. We utterly reject both."</p> <h3><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/pro-palestine-coalition-condemns-starmer-suggesting-ban-marches">Read more:&nbsp;Pro-Palestine coalition condemns Starmer for suggesting ban on marches</a></h3> <div alt="Palestine demo" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="0bcd72fa-44c5-45a3-8753-17801be48a0a" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/Palestine%20march%20london%20afp.jpg" width="1400" height="788" alt="Palestine demo" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> </div> </div> </article>