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Pro-Palestine Activists Arrested After Cenotaph Protest

Youth Demand group calls for arms embargo on Israel, criticizes UK government policies

  • Two women arrested for vandalizing the Cenotaph in London during a protest against arms sales to Israel.
  • Activists placed a Palestinian flag and spray-painted casualty figures on the memorial site.
  • Youth Demand, the protest group, claims the UK government profits from genocide through arms sales.
  • The Metropolitan Police quickly arrested the activists, emphasizing the line between protest and criminality.
  • Veterans minister condemned the vandalism, stressing the Cenotaph's significance as a war memorial.
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