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Palestine protest shuts down city centre road

A group of Pro-Palestinian protestors have staged a sit down protest which blocked roads outside Belfast City Hall.

Traffic was stopped and rerouted on Donegall Street and Chichester Street during the demonstration on Friday evening.

The protesters held up pictures of malnourished children and banged on pots and pans while chanting “Free, free Palestine”.

Police said Donegall Square North was closed for a short time but has since reopened.

The protest came on the day that more than a third of MPs signed a letter to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer calling for the UK to recognise a Palestinian state.

Some 220 MPs from nine political parties have backed the call – more than half of them Labour – arguing that UK recognition would send a “powerful” message and a vital step toward a two-state solution.

Northern Ireland MPs Claire Hanna and Colum Eastwood from the SDLP and Alliance’s Sorcha Eastwood are among the signatories.


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