WATCH: London landmark Tower bridge taken over by pro-Palestine protestors, police take back control

London’s iconic Tower Bridge witnessed massive pro-Palestinian protests through the weekend as demonstrators called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

Pro-Palestinian activists were seen lighting flares, waving Palestinian flags and calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, according to videos that have gone viral on social media.

🚨🇬🇧 Pro Palestinian Protest on London Bridge last night

You can be both against this being happening in UK & also against the inhumane evil barbaric actions of the Israeli Government in Gaza.

Question is how we allowed the UK to become like this in the first place? pic.twitter.com/662JuVJCM8

— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) February 25, 2024

Widespread demonstrations in the area forced the police to shut down the Tower Bridge on Saturday. However, the bridge was reopened after a while.

NOW!
Tower Bridge in London is occupied & shut down. #StoptheGenocideNow 🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/IIYbud2rUQ

— Brighton PSC (@BrightonPSC) February 24, 2024

Palestinian Solidarity Campaign meeting

The pro-Palestinian protests erupted in London following the annual general meeting of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign in Conway Hall on Saturday.

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During the meeting, the group’s director Ben Jamal said that it had the right to lobby MPs “in large numbers” as thousands of people were “shamefully” denied entry into the parliament last week as they tried to lobby lawmakers to vote in favour of Gaza ceasefire.

A hate march has shut down Tower Bridge.

Idiots amongst the mob let off flares and disrupted traffic. Where is the @metpoliceuk and the @MayorofLondon?

Almost like Lee Anderson had a point. 🤔 pic.twitter.com/GS4XudWrvX

— Chris Rose (@ArchRose90) February 24, 2024

In the build-up to the protests, Jamal told the demonstrators, “We want so many of you to come that they will have to lock the doors of parliament itself.”

“This week over 80,000 people emailed their MPs ahead of the ceasefire debate. More than 3,000 came from across the UK to lobby their MPs in person, in one of the largest physical lobbies of parliament in history,” Jamal said in a statement.

“Shamefully, most were denied entry, ending up queueing for over four hours in the rain as extraordinary measures were introduced to limit the number who could meet their MPs face to face," he added.