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.
‘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.
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.
Manchester streets or ‘Nazi Germany’? Gaza protests rife with anti-Semitism, claims Sir Richard Leese
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
Solidarity: Sir Richard Leese backs North West MEP’s bid to end hostilities as Gaza conflict intensifies
Manchester City Council Leader Sir Richard Leese has backed North West MEP Afzal Khan’s calls for a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.