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Pro-Palestinian protesters on the roof of the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh, after hanging a banner and the Palestinian flag. The group of five climbed up the awning outside the main entrance on Thursday morning, unfurling a banner which reads "Stop arming Israel". Police have cordoned off the area underneath but business in the Parliament is continuing. Picture date: Thursday November 9, 2023.
PALESTINIAN solidarity campaigners took to the roof of the Scottish Parliament today to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
The protesters scrambled atop the Holyrood building just hours before Humza Yousaf was due to face First Minister’s Questions to fly the flag of Palestine and drape a banner stating: “Stop arming Israel.”
One said: “We’re here to put pressure on the Scottish government to take action against arms exports to Israel.
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