The route of the annual London Nakba Day march was moved by police to allow Tommy Robinson’s ‘Unite The Kingdom’ protest to take place around Whitehall and Parliament Square. Police estimated the right-wing “patriot” protest attracted around 60k people, and this broadly correlates with analysis of aerial shots. Police chose to give no estimate of the Palestine march, but we witnessed that it took an hour and forty minutes from start to finish for the Nakba marchers to pass through Piccadilly, constantly packed together throughout. Based on this, around 150k would seem a conservative estimate.
Real Media contributor Farah Jamaluddin interviewed three marchers near the end point, each with different perspectives on the day.
First we hear from Glyn Secker, a Jewish anti-Zionist and National Secretary of Jewish Voice for Liberation and executive committee member of Jews for Justice for Palestinians.
Next, a British Palestinian, Dina Hashem, who is a trustee at Medical Aid for Palestine.
And finally Bex, who has regularly attended marches for Palestine carrying huge home-made signs and has watched numbers wax and wane but remain strong.
