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Two women have been arrested by police after entering the House of Commons to deface a memorial statue of former Prime Minister Arthur Balfour. The Palestine Action activists, reportedly pretending to be tourists, squirted tomato ketchup onto the statue in the Houses of Parliament earlier today.
Over a thousand people gathered in Birmingham this afternoon to protest in solidarity with Palestinians amid the ongoing Israeli military bombardment of the Gaza Strip. Passions were running high as between 1,500 and 2,000 people turned out in Victoria Square to show solidarity with Palestine before marching through the city centre, waving banners and chanting slogans.