To think any "pro-Palestinian" marches today should be stopped?

Are you able to copy and paste so I. may read please,?

I notice, too, that unlike Edinburgh, Strathclyde and doubtless others, the Uni didn't even ask them to delay it

I'd ask what the masks are for - after all aren't all these events alleged to be peaceful and lawabiding? - but perhaps they appealed to the students as a sort of "paramilitary" thing, to make them look better on their SM posts?

I’m ashamed of my university, The University of Glasgow today. Masked students in the quadrangle.

Interestingly, glorifying the al-Aqsa flood is why Richard Barnard, co-founder of Palestine Action is headed to court on the charge of supporting Hamas

I know, @noblegiraffe, but doubt very many of the students do - or even that they'd care if they did

As Ihatetomatoes correctly said they seem to lack the critical thinking skills which surely matter at university level, but then these don't seem much of a priority at some Unis

Interestingly, glorifying the al-Aqsa flood is why Richard Barnard, co-founder of Palestine Action is headed to court on the charge of supporting Hamas.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67100274

Maybe some of those students should follow him.

Yes. Lots.

They come over as either hate filled or a bit thick. Hopefully, they are just thick, although being at University not academically thick but more lacking in critical thinking skills.

Apparently references to the "Glorious al-Aqsa flood" were also popular among the students, @Ihatetomatoes - and yes that did say glorious

I'd ask if they fully realise this is a Palestinian reference to 7/10, but suspect too many will simply delude themselves that parroting something in their language makes them look informed

So much for the "peaceful" intent of these particular protests ...

What's this vigil about? What resistance is it celebrating by "Palestinian martyrs" on October 7th?

And I don't give a shit about winning anyone over to Israel's point of view, what they're up to is fucking horrendous. I do care however about challenging antisemites and terrorist supporters in the UK, which clearly many people do not.

Today calling to globalise the intifada, at university campus. They really are disgusting shots. I wouldn't employ anyone shouting that.

"Students chant ‘Long live the intifada’
A student in a keffiyah has kickstarted the Inter-University March with a series of call and response chants at King’s College London.

“KCL, shut it down, UK government, shut it down,” the man shouted, before renditions of “from the river to the sea” and “long live the intifada”.

The march will start at KCL and weave its way through London, picking up protesters at London School of Economics, University College London, and SOAS.

A banner was unfurled at KCL in an attempt to block people from entering the university building."

Why, because isn’t what anti genocide protesting about. Causing more division with dumb arsed arguments like this really doesn’t help anything. It’s certainly isn’t winning anyone over to the Israeli POV.

I'm assuming that the Birmingham vigil for the Palestinian (Hamas) martyrs of October 7th is still on.

Various universities have held them, TigTails - which I'd expect given so many are hotbeds of trendy leftist causes - and there's one planned in London tonight

Apparently the Met have invoked the Public Order Act for the second, but good luck expecting some of these idiots to take notice

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/07/pro-palestine-rallies-planned-universities-across-britain/

Have there actually been any protests anywhere today?

Well yes, they’re inciting violence by chanting that, and I agree it shouldn’t be allowed… Whether it’s the 7th October or 7th November is irrelevant though. It’s incitement whatever day of the year it is.

But if their pro-Palestine protests were contained to, say, the practices of the IDF in Gaza or the plight of the malnourished children, well, it may be distasteful to protest today, but I wouldn’t agree with disallowing that.

Yes, even on 7th October, so long as they aren’t inciting violence.

If they are inciting violence, the date is irrelevant.

Although I generally believe strongly in free speech and that no one has the right not to be offended, I’m open to the idea that overtly and explicitly celebrating someone’s death or harm should be proscribed in the way that incitement to violence is, though would need convincing that any such rule couldn’t be misused.

I guess today a pertinent question for the free speech/right to protest advocates is “should people be allowed to celebrate the October 7th massacre”?

@Stompythedinosaur

You can watch some of the protests live on the Times website. I just switched it off because it was so offensive- chants and cheers for ‘the river to the sea’ which is a reference to the eradication of Israel. They are not protesting genocide but calling for Hamas’ cause, ie Israel’s obliteration

I really value the right to protest we have in this country, even though it means we have protests I disagree with.

I don't think we should stop peaceful protests. I also think it is perfectly possible to be appalled by the events of October 7th and to also protest against the ongoing genocide.