In support of Gaza, London workers disrupt IOF fundraising event

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
4 Feb 2024 23:50
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Workers in London successfully manage to lead to the cancellation of a fundraiser event for the Israeli occupation forces.

Extremist British author and commentator Douglas Murray with Israeli occupation President Isaac Herzog (Douglas Murray)

Yielding to the workers' refusal to staff it even though they were offered triple pay, a fundraiser event for Israeli occupation soldiers in London, scheduled for Sunday, has been canceled amid the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, as per pro-Palestine activists.

Douglas Murray was scheduled to host a fundraiser for Israeli soldiers in London tonight, but the event was cancelled after workers refused to staff it even when they were offered triple pay.
— Lowkey (@Lowkey0nline) February 4, 2024

Hosted by the extremist British author and commentator Douglas Murray, the latter announced on his account on X that the central London event was moved to another location, claiming that "the theatre that was meant to be hosting it cowered to a campaign of intimidation."

It is noteworthy that Murray founded the Centre for Social Cohesion in 2007, which became part of the Henry Jackson Society that is affiliated with the New Conservatives in Britain advocating for the punishment of Resistance movements.

My event in central London tonight has been moved after the theatre that was meant to be hosting it cowered to a campaign of intimidation. We have arrived at the point where theatres in London no longer feel safe to support free speech - or at least not when the subject is about…
— Douglas Murray (@DouglasKMurray) February 4, 2024

During an interview touching on the war in Gaza with the British journalist Piers Morgan, Murray labeled all Palestinians as terrorists, calling for the annihilation of anyone affiliated with the Palestinian Resistance movement Hamas.

Since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, tens of thousands of people have been protesting in London on weekends, demanding "Israel" end its war on Gaza and slamming their government for failing to support a ceasefire.

#London witnessed one of the largest pro-#Palestine protests in the country.

Protesters marched in solidarity with #Gaza against the genocidal war that "Israel" has launched on the Strip which has killed at least 27,238 #Palestinians, most of whom are women and children.… pic.twitter.com/88uVX9uhEy
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) February 3, 2024