Peace protestors calling for an end to the genocide in Gaza have laid a wreath at the cenotaph.

Youth Demand are campaigning for a two-way arms embargo on Israel and for the UK government to halt all new oil and gas licences granted since 2021.

Supporters of Youth Demand laid a wreath at the Cenotaph to commemorate those who fell in battle resisting genocide, and to call on the Government to respect the sacrifice of those who died by ending the support for the ongoing mass murder of Palestinians.

Youth Demand supporters have also been disrupting the traffic in British cities today, in order to call for an immediate arms embargo.

At 11am, a group of Youth Demand supporters silently blocked the road outside of the Houses of Parliament during the Armistice Day remembrance service. The group could be seen holding signs which read ‘Never Again for Anyone’ and ‘Over 186,000 Dead’.

At around 12:10 the group also occupied the road on Cannon Street until around 12:25. The group then moved on and at around 13:10 they disrupted the road at Moorgate, on the London Wall Road until around 13:30.

Also at around 9am this morning, supporters of Youth Demand swarmed the streets at two locations in Manchester. Police issued warnings under Section 50 of the Police Reform Act 2002 and took details of all participants, warning the supporters would be arrested if they attempted to enter the road again.

A Youth Demand spokesperson said: “On this day we remember those who gave their lives fighting a genocide. Yet the government disgraces their memory by continuing to sell UK made weapons to a state guilty of committing genocide and ethnic cleansing.” 

“The world said 'never again' would we allow such atrocities to happen, and yet it is happening again right now to the people of Gaza, whilst the Western political establishment and media continue to misdirect the public about what is transpiring. Regardless of our differences we must come together to demand our political leaders take the basic steps to protect the lives of innocent people, or we will have truly lost our humanity.”