CAMPAIGNERS rallied at Glasgow’s Buchanan Street steps on Wednesday night in solidarity with the people of Palestine, as the Israeli onslaught in Jenin continued.

Speakers at the event were highly critical of government moves to ban the boycott movement and challenged First Minister Humza Yousaf, who has previously backed rally organisers Scottish Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (SPSC).

SPSC activist Jonanthon Shafi told the rally: “Defending the dignity of the Palestinians should not be a crime.

“The war criminals are the ones who should be ashamed of their actions.

“We need to think about how we build from here. Trade unions, faith organisations, MPs and MSPs and people from right across civic Scotland must make a really simple point: that bombing a refugee camp is wrong, that bombing people who are defenceless in a densely populated area is a war crime, that preventing the delivery of medical aid is a war crime.

“Palestinian rights are the rights of all of us. At the end of the day, how can we be free until the Palestinian people are free?”