07 Jul 2023 | 02:41 PM UTC
UK: Political activists to hold pro-Palestinian demonstration in Belfast July 8
People Before Profit party calls for pro-Palestinian demonstration in Belfast, from 12:00 July 8. Increased security, disruptions likely.
Event
The People Before Profit party and pro-Palestine groups, including Belfast Stands With Palestine, plan to hold a demonstration in Belfast on July 8 to denounce Israeli military raids on a refugee camp in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Participants will gather in Writer's Square around 12:00 before marching to Belfast City Hall in Donegall Square. Attendance will likely not exceed one thousand participants.
Additional police will deploy to monitor and facilitate the demonstration. Large crowds and associated security measures will likely prompt localized transport disruptions in the surrounding area; public transport services could be canceled or diverted. The action is likely to proceed peacefully, but isolated clashes with security forces are possible, particularly if demonstrators become disruptive or attempt to breach police cordons.
Advice
Avoid the demonstration as a routine security precaution and to mitigate associated disruptions. Heed instructions from security services and leave the area at the first sign of a confrontation. Allow extra time for travel in the surrounding area on the afternoon of July 8.
