2023-11-15 Emergency rally for Palestine outside Parliament
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London, UK. 15th November, 2023. Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters attend an Emergency Rally for Palestine outside Parliament on the occasion of a vote in the House of Commons on a SNP motion amending the King's Speech to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The rally was organised by Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), Stop the War Coalition, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Muslim Association of Britain, Palestinian Forum in Britain and CND. MPs voted 293 to 125 to reject the SNP amendment backing a ceasefire. 56 Labour MPs including 10 frontbenchers voted for the amendment in defiance of party leader Sir Keir Starmer's instructions.