Overview

• Tens of thousands joined the June 21 rally in sweltering heat, marching from Russell Square to Whitehall with Palestinian and Iranian flags and placards.
• Demonstrators chanted “Free, free Palestine,” “Occupation no more, Israel is a terrorist state” and “Stop bombing Iran,” underscoring calls for a Gaza ceasefire and halt to Israeli strikes on Iran.
• Metropolitan Police imposed conditions on the protest route under the Public Order Act to limit assembly areas and march times.
• Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will seek parliamentary approval on June 23 to list Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation over its recent RAF Brize Norton vandalism.
• Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and ex-SNP leader Humza Yousaf, joined by civil rights group Liberty, argue the proscription amounts to an abuse of counter-terrorism laws against non-violent activists.