Palestine groups resist calls to ban march in London during Armistice Day

Pro-Palestine groups have vowed to continue marching for Gaza in central London on Saturday as the police join government calls to cancel a planned demonstration. 

For the last four weeks, tens of thousands of pro-Palestine protesters have flooded central London to join demonstrations opposing Israel's bombing of Gaza. 

Saturday’s planned protest will take place at midday, an hour after a scheduled moment of silence on Armistice Day, which marks the end of World War One.

But over the last week, senior politicians, including British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, have called on organisers to cancel Saturday’s protest. 

The Metropolitan Police, which has mobilised hundreds of officers to manage the marches each week, also joined government calls for groups to postpone the protests.

Late on Monday, organisers said they would be resisting calls to cancel the protest after the Palestinian health ministry said Israel had killed at least 10,000 Palestinians in Gaza.

"Those mounting pressure are the same voices actively resisting the call for a ceasefire despite overwhelming public support for that call," the statement read. 

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