Pro-Palestinian protesters pelted with eggs while blocking traffic

 

Pro-Palestinian protesters were pelted with eggs as they blocked traffic in central London.

Youth Demand activists with orange flares and banners reading “Free Palestine” and “Stop Arming Israel” took to the streets in the Moorgate district, Farringdon Road and Fenchurch Street.

Passers-by threw a “shower of eggs” at the crowd of activists in Farringdon Road and a truck attempted to drive through them, according to Youth Demand, which organised the protest.

The group blocked each street for about 20 minutes on Friday morning.

Youth Demand, a new organisation consisting of different pro-Palestinian and environmentalist groups, has ramped up protests as it fills the void left by Just Stop Oil, which is disbanding at the end of this month.

The group has been dubbed “Just Stop Oil 2.0”.

It claims the UK government is complicit in “genocide” over the conflict in Gaza and also calls for “the super rich and fossil fuel elite” to pay damages to the communities and countries harmed by fossil fuel burning.

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