Peace activists stage sit-in at London’s Liverpool St station

Videos online showed demonstrators inside the station during rush hour, chanting and waving Palestinian flags and banners

Pro-Palestine activists stage sit-in at London’s Liverpool St station demanding ceasefire

Soraya Ebrahimi

Oct 31, 2023

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More than 500 pro-Palestinian activists have staged a sit-in at Liverpool Street station in London to protest against the Israel-Gaza conflict.

The peace activists gathered at the station at about 5.30pm on Tuesday to demand an immediate stop to Israel’s attacks on Gaza and an end to arms exports to Israel.

The crowd played Palestinian music and repeated chants such as “ceasefire now” at the sit-in, which was organised by direct action group Sisters Uncut.

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Videos posted online by the protest group showed a large group of demonstrators inside the station during rush hour, chanting and waving pro-Palestinian flags and banners.

Members from other activist groups, including the Palestinian Youth Movement and International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, also spoke at the demonstration.

British Transport Police said it attended Liverpool Street station shortly after 5pm following reports of a protest on the concourse.

"Officers worked to safely disperse the crowd and ensure passengers could access the station," a statement from BTP said.

CEASEFIRE NOW! 🚨🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/hyilf6Ea8o
— Sisters Uncut (@SistersUncut) October 31, 2023

Sisters Uncut describes itself as a feminist group against domestic violence, and held a similar pro-Palestinian demonstration with more than 200 people at London Waterloo station on Saturday.

Earlier on Tuesday, Labour leader Keir Starmer resisted pressure from within his own party to call for a ceasefire in the conflict.

Mr Starmer instead urged both parties to agree to a humanitarian pause to allow aid in and people out of the war zone.