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On Wednesday 4 June thousands of protesters formed a red human chain around Parliament to demand sanctions on Israel and an end to using starvation as a weapon of war. Several MPs joined the “Red Line for Palestine” around the building during Prime Minister's Question Time was underway at the House of Commons. Others listened to Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the Independent Alliance who was presenting a bill to call for an official inquiry into the British state’s role in Israel’s genocide.
Early that day the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, had labelled the recent Israeli offensive as "appalling, counterproductive, and intolerable". But Ben Jamal, the director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) – one of the organisers of the protest, said "you cannot say 'what Israel is doing is unacceptable' while you continue to provide it with weapons. The words themselves are not enough". The protesters were demanding that "our government sanction Israel for its crimes against the Palestinian people".
Early that day the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, had labelled the recent Israeli offensive as "appalling, counterproductive, and intolerable". But Ben Jamal, the director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) – one of the organisers of the protest, said "you cannot say 'what Israel is doing is unacceptable' while you continue to provide it with weapons. The words themselves are not enough". The protesters were demanding that "our government sanction Israel for its crimes against the Palestinian people".
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