Hundreds of protestors took to the streets in Edinburgh city centre amid a massive weekend demonstration.
The Pro-Palestine protest saw locals walk through Old Town bearing flags, banners, and signs. It took place on Saturday, October 18 from 1pm.
Protestors met at the Foot of the Mound before marching to Queen Elizabeth House on Sibbald Walk, just off the Royal Mile. The route took them up the Mound, over North Bank Street, Bank Street, and down the Royal Mile.
Marchers were led by a bagpiper and a procession of volunteers holding a large banner reading “Permanent Ceasefire Now”.
Prior to the march, a minor standoff took place at the Mound when a group of counter-protestors gathered outside the National Galleries.
The counter-protestors held flags – one of which read “Jesus is King” – and chanted into megaphones, attempting to drown out the Pro-Palestine chants with a loud siren noise.
Police erected barriers between the pro-Palestine protestors and the counter-protestors.
Some pro-Palestine protestors conducted ceilidh-like dances in the space between the barriers in a show of solidarity.
This comes after a ceasefire went into effect earlier this month, seeing the release of Israeli hostages from Gaza and of Palestinian detainees held in Israel, according to the BBC.
Protestors in Edinburgh were calling for an end to the “occupation” of Palestine.
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