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Added on the 16/03/2023 09:14:41 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Activists unfurl a banner on Westminster Bridge that reads "Keir Starmer: Will Labour stop arming Israel?". Organised by pro-Palestinian volunteer organisation Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the Houses of Parliament looms over the bridge on which the banner hangs, on the eve of the first TV debate ahead of the UK's July 4 election. IMAGES
Israeli police arrest and scuffle with left-wing activists protesting the ongoing war in Gaza, outside the US consulate in Jerusalem. IMAGES
Images show Berlin's Brandenburg Gate splattered with orange paint after activists from the "Last Generation" ("Letzte Generation") environmental collective spray-painted the six pillars of the emblematic monument to warn of the urgency of global warming and demand a change in the German government's policy. The movement is calling for a phase-out of fossil fuels by 2030 at the latest. Police arrested around ten activists near the gate, some of whom were still sitting on the ground, handcuffed. IMAGES
Israelis block the highway leading to Netanya during a protest in the run-up to a crucial vote in parliament later this month on the government’s judicial overhaul. The proposals have divided the nation and triggered one of the biggest protest movements in Israel's history since being unveiled in January by the hard-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. IMAGES
Israelis demonstrate outside the defence ministry in Tel Aviv, in the run-up to a crucial vote in parliament later this month on the government’s judicial overhaul. The proposals have divided the nation and triggered one of the biggest protest movements in Israel's history since being unveiled in January by the hard-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. IMAGES