5 folks have been arrested after protesters scaled a Authorities constructing and changed a Union flag with a Palestinian one within the newest Gaza ceasefire demo.
Pink paint was additionally sprayed on Queen Elizabeth Home on Sibbald Stroll, Edinburgh by That is Rigged campaigners in a protest which started at 10am this morning.
A hearth extinguisher filled with purple paint was used to spray the entrance of the constructing and water balloons containing purple paint had been thrown on the Authorities‘s crest.
This Is Rigged stated it’s concentrating on the Authorities due to its place on the struggle in Gaza after Israel started its navy operation final yr, accusing ministers of being ‘complicit’ within the battle.
The Authorities has resisted calls from protesters to again an instantaneous ceasefire in Gaza.
A That is Rigged protester sits in entrance of Queen Elizabeth Home after purple paint was sprayed everywhere in the constructing
The Union Flag on high of the Authorities places of work was taken down and changed with a Palestinian one
A That is Rigged campaigner wears a ‘boycott genocide’ t-shirt outdoors Queen Elizabeth Home
It’s understood water balloons filled with purple paint had been thrown on the Authorities crest on the constructing
This week, Downing Avenue stated it desires to see a ‘sustained humanitarian pause’ agreed as rapidly as doable to permit the protected launch of Israeli hostages held by Hamas and a big enhance in assist to Gaza.
A Police Scotland spokesperson stated: ‘Round 10.30am on Wednesday, we had been referred to as to a report of a protest at a constructing in Sibbald Stroll in Edinburgh.
‘5 folks have been arrested and inquiries are ongoing.’
This Is Rigged campaigner Catriona Roberts, 21, who’s a historical past scholar from Perthshire, stated: ‘As Palestine is bombed, burned and starved, this Authorities is complicit.
‘I can’t emphasise sufficient the significance of screaming out into the world that we are going to not abide genocide.’
Fred Spoliar, 31, additionally of That is Rigged, stated: ‘Each hour with out the UK Authorities taking motion to place strain on Israel is blood on their (the Authorities’s) arms.
‘It has been 5 months – that is loads of hours, loads of blood. That is unforgivable.’
The battle was sparked by Hamas’s lethal raid into Israel on October 7 that killed 1,200 folks and noticed militants seize about 250 hostages.
Israel’s retaliatory strikes have left greater than 30,000 Palestinians lifeless, based on the Hamas-run Gaza well being ministry.
This Is Rigged and the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Marketing campaign are calling on the general public to ‘boycott genocide’ and keep away from firms and occasions they declare assist or straight fund the Israeli state.
Two of the protesters on the roof of Queen Elizabeth Home after the Union Flag was taken down
A Authorities spokesperson stated: ‘We’re conscious of the protests and the police are in attendance.
‘The entire employees in Queen Elizabeth Home are protected and no-one has entered the constructing.’
Earlier this week, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s official spokesman stated: ‘We agree that we wish to see a sustained humanitarian pause agreed as rapidly as doable to permit the protected launch of hostages and a big enhance in assist to Gaza.
‘Our place is completely aligned with the US who, like us, are calling for a pause within the combating.
‘Now we have been clear, as has the US, that the precise situations, nevertheless, have to be in place for a everlasting, lasting ceasefire, and that features the discharge of all hostages, Hamas not in cost in Gaza, and a bolstered Palestinian Authority.’
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