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Headline400 school students walk out of school for pro-Palestine march

Short HeadlineStudents leave school to call for Gaza ceasefire

StandfirstTower Hamlets students leave school to call for a ceasefire, after MPs vote against the policy.

Nearly 400 students have left school to join a pro-Palestinian march calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Students from Tower Hamlets have joined the School Strike For Palestine movement, with marches also taking place in Bristol.

The protesters marched to the office of Bethnal Green and Bow MP Rushanara Ali, after she voted against a ceasefire in the Middle East in Wednesday’s vote in Parliament.

Organisers say the purpose of the marches is to call for a “ceasefire now”.

Tower Hamlets students now marching to @rushanaraali’s office after she shamefully refused to vote for a ceasefire last night. #SchoolStrikeForPalestine #FreePalestine 🇵🇸 #CeasefireNOW pic.twitter.com/MGGpeNlPo6

— Shabbir Lakha (@ShabbirLakha) November 16, 2023

On Wednesday, MPs in the House of Commons voted 293 to 125 against calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, although 50 Labour MPs voted in opposition to Keir Starmer’s stance.

Though the movement has a national focus, marches will also take place in Harrow and Redbridge on Friday.