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Vigils and protests for Palestine take place across northern England
Protesters gather in Manchester
VIGILS and protests took place across northern England on Tuesday as part of nationwide demonstrations marking the 70th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, the ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands of Arabs that accompanied the creation of Israel.
The protests were also a response to Israeli military attacks on civilians demonstrating in Gaza and the West Bank, which have left more than 100 people dead and thousands injured by live ammunition, shrapnel and tear gas over recent weeks. Monday’s youngest victim was an eight-month-old baby.
In Manchester, hundreds of people demonstrated, occupying the city centre branch of the HSBC bank, which invests in firms supplying arms to Israel, and staging a “die-in.”
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