‘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.

Controversy surrounding the pro-Palestine protests has led to a number of public statements from senior officials in Manchester

Pro-Palestinian protesters targeting businesses in Manchester have been labelled ‘completely outrageous’ at a demonstration in the city centre earlier today.

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.

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.

Demonstrators have described Sir Richard Leese as ‘irresponsible’ after he compared their Gaza protests on the streets of Manchester to Nazi Germany.

North West MEP Afzal Khan has condemned all anti-Semitic behaviour after volatile pro-Palestine demonstrations outside a Jewish-run store in Manchester.

The leader of Manchester City Council’s statement came at the opening of a meeting at Manchester Town Hall this morning, in response to a pro-Palestine protest outside Karem Cosmetics

Manchester City Council Leader Sir Richard Leese has backed North West MEP Afzal Khan’s calls for a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.

Last week, the bank began notifying a number of Muslim organisations in the UK to tell them their accounts will be closed

Recent developments in the middle-east have seen a rising death toll and worsening tensions between Israel and Palestinian Gaza.