London protesters demand full arms embargo, sanctions on Israel

I’m here at the start of a slightly different protest from the kind we see week-in, week-out in London. The aim is to form what they’re calling a “red line” all around parliament, demanding a full arms embargo and sanctions on Israel. The aim is to have about 8,000 people stretching across the Thames and back, forming a loop around parliament itself.

They’re doing that while Keir Starmer is going to be inside doing Prime Minister’s Question Time. Why are they doing this? They say the UK government should have had numerous red lines with Israel over Gaza.

It should have had red lines over 20 months of devastation, over 54,000 deaths, over the number of homes and hospitals destroyed. Over the International Court of Justice rulings on genocide and illegal occupation of the West Bank, and over the ICC arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant.

The organisers acknowledge that the UK government’s position has changed recently – that its language has toughened, that it has ditched trade negotiations with Israel. But they say that’s not enough. They’re asking: What are the UK’s red lines if it’s not starving children in Gaza?


_{Pro-Palestinian demonstrators hold flags outside Parliament on Westminster Bridge during a protest, calling for sanctions on Israel over ongoing hunger among Gaza’s war-struck population, in London, UK, June 4}

British public supports embargo, sanctions against Israel, poll shows

A new survey of 2,050 people in the United Kingdom has found 57 percent support for a full arms embargo on Israel, with only 13 percent of the respondents opposing it.

About 54 percent of people said they were in favour of sanctions against Israel’s ultra-nationalist Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who has called for the mass displacement of Palestinians from Gaza.

Meanwhile, 53 percent of respondents supported expelling Israel from the United Nations over its devastating campaign in Gaza, with just 16 percent opposing the move.

The survey was conducted in recent days on behalf of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign – organisers of the “red line” protest in London.

🚨 NEW Polling shows British public strongly backs sanctions on Israel

A new poll conducted by @OpiniumResearch for PSC shows broad public support for an arms trade ban, sanctions on Israeli ministers, supermarkets to boycott Israeli goods and Israel to be expelled from the UN. pic.twitter.com/4cEN1P5YtW

— Palestine Solidarity Campaign (@PSCupdates) June 4, 2025

Israel’s latest actions in Gaza ‘intolerable’: UK’s Starmer

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has criticised Israel’s attack on Gaza as “appalling” and “intolerable” as protesters outside Parliament called for an embargo and sanctions.

“Israel’s recent action is appalling and, in my view, counterproductive and intolerable,” he told lawmakers. “We have strongly opposed the expansion of military operations and settler violence and the blocking of humanitarian aid.”

Starmer pointed out his government recently scrapped free trade negotiations with Israel, and said it will consider further action, alongside allies, including sanctions.

“I’ve said that we are strongly opposed and appalled by Israel’s recent actions, and have been absolutely clear in condemning them and calling them out, whether that’s the expansion of military operations, settler violence, or the dreadful blocking of aid, it’s completely unacceptable,” he said.

“We must see a ceasefire, hostages must be released, and there must be aid into Gaza.”

Irish university to cut ties with Israel over war on Gaza

The Republic of Ireland’s Trinity College Dublin says it will sever all ties with Israel because of its “ongoing violations of international and humanitarian law”.

The decision comes after a series of student protests bringing attention to Israeli military abuses in Gaza and calling for an end to ties with the country.

The news agency AFP reported that the board of the leading university sent an email to students saying it would no longer do business with Israeli firms, would divest from all companies based in Israel, and would decline further mobility agreements with Israeli universities.

Norway’s parliament to vote on divesting from Israeli firms operating in occupied areas

Lawmakers are set to debate whether Norway’s $1.9 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, should divest from all companies with activities in the occupied Palestinian territories.

A formal vote was expected at about 13:00 GMT.

The minority Labour government has for months been resisting pressure from pro-Palestinian campaigners to instruct the fund to divest from all firms with ties to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

“We have an established ethical regime for the fund,” Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg told the chamber in a debate on several aspects of the way the fund is run. “We divest from the companies that contribute to Israel’s breach of international law, but we do not divest from all companies that are present on the ground.”

Lawmaker Ingrid Fiskaa from the small Socialist Left opposition party told the chamber: “Without Norwegian oil fund money, it would be more difficult for Israeli authorities to demolish the homes of Palestinian families.”

Germans want stricter controls on arms exports to Israel

About 73 percent of Germans want tighter controls on arms exports to Israel, including 30 percent who favour a total ban, a poll shows, reflecting growing public unease over the government’s Israel policy.

Germany approved military equipment exports to Israel worth 485 million euros ($554m) from late 2023 to present. The deliveries included firearms, ammunition, weapons parts, special equipment for the army and navy, electronic equipment, and special armoured vehicles.

No lawsuit challenging German arms exports to Israel has yet succeeded, including a case brought by Nicaragua at the International Court of Justice.

But Germany’s stance shifted last week when new Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticised Israel’s intensified air strikes in Gaza, calling them no longer justified or comprehensible. His foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, warned of possible consequences, hinting at steps towards arms export sanctions.

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‘Seven and six was the average age of the children that I'm operating on, and the injuries were way more severe,” Dr Rose told Middle East Eye.

“The children had bits of their arms and legs blown off, massive amounts of skin loss from faces. Really appalling injuries. It is as if somebody has specifically blown them up and they were the target of that bomb.”

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UN wants ‘to get back on track’ with Gaza Security Council vote

Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, says the ideal outcome of the upcoming Security Council vote for a ceasefire in Gaza “is a strong unified voice”.

“Calling for an end to the conflict, for full access to the UN and its partners, for the release of the hostages, and for us to get back on track to a two-state solution regardless how distant that dream may currently be,” Dujarric told Al Jazeera.

The UN Security Council will vote at 20:00 GMT on a resolution calling for a ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access in Gaza, a measure expected to fail because of a US veto.

UN Security Council feels deep frustration over Gaza crisis

I think the United Nations Security Council has been looking at what has been transpiring in Gaza, just like the rest of the world has been watching, and they’re deeply frustrated.

They’re frustrated the council has not been able to do anything to stop the bloodshed, to open up the border crossings, to get more aid in to the people of Gaza who need it the most. And I think you’re sensing, particularly from the elected 10 members of the council, but really universally, deep, deep, frustration that they have to do more.

The last time the Security Council had a resolution on Gaza was in November of last year – 14 Security Council members voted for it, one did not, and that was the United States, which vetoed it.

That was the fourth time the US has vetoed a Gaza ceasefire resolution. Since November until now, you’ve seen the killing continue, the starvation of Palestinians in Gaza continue, and I think this was the moment when the Security Council as a whole said that they have to get this draft through to get more pressure on the Israelis to stop.

UN Security Council prepares to vote on Gaza ceasefire resolution

The UNSC has kicked off a meeting in which members will vote on a resolution that calls for an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza respected by all parties; the immediate, dignified and unconditional release of all captives held by Palestinian groups in Gaza; and the immediate and unconditional lifting of all restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza.

UN draft resolution not adopted after US veto

The result of the voting is as follows: 14 votes in favour, one vote against (by the US), and zero abstentions.

The United States vetoed the UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza because it’s not linked to the release of captives. The resolution also does not condemn Hamas’s deadly attack in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, or say the group must disarm and withdraw from Gaza – two other US demands.

This is the fifth time the US has vetoed a ceasefire resolution

Once again, the United States finds itself isolated on the Security Council when it comes to the situation in Gaza, just like it was in November. The last time a ceasefire draft resolution was before the council, 14 members voted for it. The United States was the only one against it.

In November, we heard from Dorothy Shea, the US ambassador, basically saying anything that undermines Israel’s security is a non-starter for the United States.

It’s worth reiterating: This is the fifth time the United States has vetoed a Security Council Gaza ceasefire resolution since October 2023.

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Pro-Palestine activists surround UK Parliament

Activists encircled the UK's Houses of Parliament on Wednesday, carrying a red banner to symbolise Israel crossing "a red line" in Gaza.

With campaigners from Labour, disability and Jewish anti-Zionist groups, the protest stretched along Westminster bridge and around the parliament buildings.

They were joined by dissenting MPs who staged a walkout during a session of Prime Minister's Questions in order to protest Prime Minister Keir Starmer's inaction on Gaza.

Protesters said they were demanding the UK government immediately place an arms embargo and sanctions on Israel until it ended its war on Gaza and began a peace process toward a Palestinian state.

US lawmakers urge greater action to get aid into Gaza

Progressive Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal says 92 members of the US House of Representatives have called for the administration of US President Donald Trump to use “all diplomatic tools at its disposal” to ensure more humanitarian aid enters Gaza.

“Innocent civilian lives — children and babies — can be saved by ensuring that much-needed aid gets to Gazans,” Jayapal said in a statement.

“This humanitarian crisis is man-made and can be solved by allowing aid trucks to enter Gaza. Every diplomatic tool in our toolbox must be used to ensure that this happens.”

Main events on June 4th

• The Israeli military continued its deadly attacks across the Gaza Strip, including in Jabalia, Deir el-Balah and Khan Younis.
• The United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza – the fifth time it has done so in support of Israel since the war broke out.
• Two settler attacks on villages just east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank wounded dozens of Palestinians.
• In a survey, 93 percent of Palestinian and international NGOs operating in Gaza said their existing aid stores in Gaza are completely or nearly exhausted, as Israel continues to impose severe restrictions on the entry of humanitarian assistance into the Gaza Strip.

‘Death and hunger’: Videos, expert analysis and witnesses point to Israeli gunfire in Gaza aid site shooting

A CNN investigation into a deadly incident near an aid distribution site in southern Gaza on Sunday points to the Israeli military opening fire on crowds of Palestinians as they tried to make their way to the fenced enclosure to get food.

More than a dozen eyewitnesses, including those wounded in the attack, said Israeli troops shot at crowds in volleys of gunfire that occurred sporadically through the early hours of Sunday morning. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the US and Israeli-backed aid initiative that runs the site, said that Israeli forces were operating in the area during the same period.

Multiple videos geolocated by CNN place the gunfire near a roundabout where hundreds of Palestinians had gathered about half a mile (800 meters) away from the militarized aid site in Tel al-Sultan in Rafah. The designated route to the site along the coast, Al-Rasheed Street, is in an area under the Israeli military’s control and Israeli troops operate at a base nearby.

_{Ameen Khalifa, 30, filmed himself and others taking cover as gunfire erupted near the Al-Alam roundabout on Sunday. One of Khalifa's friends told CNN he went back to the site on Tuesday to collect aid and was killed.}

Weapons experts said the rate of gunfire heard in the footage, as well as images of bullets retrieved from victims, were consistent with machine guns used by the Israeli military that can be mounted on tanks. Multiple eyewitnesses said that they saw gunfire emanating from Israeli tanks nearby.

None of the videos definitively show who fired shots outside of the aid camp. However, CNN’s review of audiovisual material sheds fresh light on how the pursuit of aid turned chaotic and then dangerous, on the actions of Israeli forces and the consequences of the new aid mechanism, which has been mired in controversy.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) initially said on Sunday that its forces did not fire at civilians “while they were near or within the aid site.” An Israeli military source later acknowledged that troops had fired “warning shots” at suspects about 1 kilometer (1,093 yards) away.

The Israeli military declined to answer questions about CNN’s findings.

During a press conference on Tuesday, IDF spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said the military investigated and found its troops played no role in any mass casualty event. Defrin said: “This week, it was claimed that the IDF fired at civilians in an aid distribution area. This report is entirely false and echoes the propaganda of the terrorist organization Hamas… Regarding the incident on Sunday – it simply didn’t happen!”

_{Note: The satellite image was taken on May 30, 2025}

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