Hundreds of thousands march for Gaza in London

Areeb Ullah, a journalist for MEE in London, attended the 'March for Palestine,' held today, which started at the iconic Marble Arch in central London.

According to Ullah, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets, in what the organiser's have described as "the biggest protest in Europe in over 20 years."

The protesters braved the torrential rain and strong winds, shouting “free Palestine,” and denouncing the UK government’s support of Israel. 

Hundreds of Jews also joined in the protest, who described the event as "deeply personal".

"It's very much because I am Jewish that I am out here today. I'm here because when I see the language of 'human animals' and 'children of darkness' and 'the law of the jungle', I know that the Israeli state didn't invent racism," said Raine, an attendee at the protest.

"They're merely deploying the language of racism that was developed over two millennia in Europe to harass and persecute Jews."

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