The Gaza conflict is becoming a more painful issue as the days passing by. This is the third week of the Gaza conflict. Israel is having overnight air strikes, while Hamas militants fired rockets at Israeli towns.
In London about 12.000 thousand demonstrators have marched through the streets to make their point of view that the conflict in Gaza should quit right away. The march has been organised by groups as Stop the War Coalition, the British Muslim Initiative and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Besides London, there were also demonstrations in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Belfast, Newcastle and Southampton. In London the protest started peacefully, but after a while there were a lot of confrontations with the police. This began when the darkness fell. A several hundred people have been confronted the police. A Starbucks window was knocked to pieces and three policemen were injured during the protest. Some London dressed up in white shrouds and lied down outside the embassy in a symbolic protest.
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I think it is so sad that there are conflicts in the world like these nowadays. The demonstration about the ceasefire in Gaza is a good idea. Besides the United Kingdom other countries are also calling for a ceasefire. Though, I think it is a bit weird that those people who are demonstrating for peace are violent themselves by attacking the police and the embassy of Israel during the demonstration. I think it does not make any sense. It is not a good example of how it should be and I think that is not the spirit how a idea of a demonstration that calls for peace should be.
source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7821928.stm
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