Piccadilly Pulse: Have the Gaza protests in Manchester now gone too far?
Protests against events in Gaza have divided opinion in Manchester as they continue to intensify on King Street.
‘I love Hitler’: Both Israel and Palestine protesters appalled at Manchester bystander’s ‘obnoxious’ goading
A number of protests have broken out outside the Jewish-owned outside Kedem Cosmetics shop on King Street over the past three weeks, in response to the on-going Israel-Palestinian conflict
‘Remember the children’: List of tragic Gaza victims to be read by Manchester MP in Stop the War service
‘Remember the children of Gaza’ will be the cry as Manchester city councillors and residents will fly the Palestine flag and read the names of children killed in the Gaza conflict this weekend.
Piccadilly Pulse: Are Palestine supporters right to protest outside Jewish-owned shops in Manchester?
Controversy surrounding the pro-Palestine protests has led to a number of public statements from senior officials in Manchester
‘Outrageous’: Councillor likens pro-Palestine protests aimed at Manchester shops to riots of 2011
Pro-Palestinian protesters targeting businesses in Manchester have been labelled ‘completely outrageous’ at a demonstration in the city centre earlier today.
‘Stop the slaughter’: Oldham MPs and faith leaders deliver Gaza petition to No 10 urging Government action
An Oldham MP called for Government intervention to stop the ‘slaughter of innocent children’ in Gaza as she joined community leaders in Downing Street yesterday to hand in an 8,000-strong petition.
Gaza protests: Manchester police chief warns that clashes pose ‘risk to wider community’
Police Chief Sir Peter Fahy has waded into the city centre Gaza protests as Baroness Warsi resigns from the cabinet over the Middle Eastern crisis.
Gaza conflict: Foreign Office ‘urgently investigate’ reports of Rochdale aid worker killed in Israeli airstrike
Reports are circulating on Twitter that Khadir Islam was killed on Sunday by Israeli forces after his convoy carrying medical supplies was hit by a missile strike, just days after arriving in the city
‘We are not anti-Semitic’: Free Palestine demonstrators brand Sir Richard Leese’s Nazi comment ‘irresponsible’
Demonstrators have described Sir Richard Leese as ‘irresponsible’ after he compared their Gaza protests on the streets of Manchester to Nazi Germany.
Stop the War: Peace demonstrators seek end to Gaza bloodshed with protest through Manchester
Stop the War Coalition are calling for anyone opposed to the conflict to join in the rally on Sunday August 3 which begins on Oxford Road at midday and finishes at Piccadilly Gardens.
Gaza crisis ‘bigger than Jews vs Muslims’: Anti-Semitism at King St protest condemned by North West MEP
North West MEP Afzal Khan has condemned all anti-Semitic behaviour after volatile pro-Palestine demonstrations outside a Jewish-run store in Manchester.