Police arrested four people in Brighton and Hove in connection with a protest march in support of Palestinians in Gaza yesterday (Sunday 5 November).
The demonstraters were calling for a ceasefire as Israel continues to respond to the recent massacre and mass capture of hostages.
Some of those present estimated that more than 1,000 took part in the protest.
They gathered in Palmeira Square, in Hove, and marched into Brighton along Western Road.
They then down to the seafront before ending at the Peace Statue on the boundary where Brighton meets Hove.
Sussex Police said: “We are aware of content circulating on social media in relation to protest activity in Brighton and Hove and we have taken action.”
Police said that a man was arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence and another man was held on suspicion of criminal damage and a racially aggravated public order offence.
A woman was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and another man was held on suspicion of common assault.
Sussex Police added: “We’d like to remind the public that we will facilitate peaceful protests but will take action where necessary.”
I was ashamed to be living in Brighton watching this protest. Marching alongside the Green Party and various union backers of the labour party there were men with tannoys shouting from the river to the sea and the crowd charting along with this. There were also many people in sweatshirts bearing this slogan. The police should not have allowed this march.
Everyone else in Brighton should march to support the Jewish community who should never have had to watch this disgrace.
By marching to support Hammas what did they expect to achieve? Do they really expect people of Brunswick and Adelaide to stop the war? What on earth did they expect the Israelis to do when Hammas slaughtered the equivalent for Israel of 6,000 civilians. They poked the eyes out of fathers, they roasted children alive in ovens and they beheaded babies. They even cut open pregnant women to kill them and their babies. This is an organisation that builds terror hubs in hospitals and fires missiles from hospitals and even all be it by accident at its own hospitals. The IDF warned Paelstinians Gaza would be bombed and Hamas blocked the escape routes and took keys to cars.
By marching in this way it just showed deep anti-semitism. Which democratic country would have allowed these attacks without retaliating and when did they expect Israel to intervene to stop the thousands of missiles being fired at them. Palestinians also voted in a regime that beheads people for being gay.
These hate marches should be banned.
You sound very hateful #freepalestine
Sarah. I absolutely agree with you. These are not pro Palestinian, they are supporters of Hamas, a terrorist organisation. Nextdoor, published an invite from a user, asking people to join the march. They refused to take down the post, and are now complicit in the support of a terrorist organisation. As for the Labour Party they are beyond contempt.
Jennifer, the only ‘hate’ can be attributed to the Pro Palestinian marchers, or anti semitic marchers to give them their correct name.
I attended the march. Most people including myself , have no problem with Jewish people at all. The problem is the Israeli government. How can Palestinians “fight fair” with Israel? It would be like me trying to fight Tyson Fury. Israel continues to take more and more land. They are bullies. I for one , will not purchase any products made in Israel, use any stores or companies linked to Israel until the slaughter stops. And to call me and other people on the march anti semitic is blinkered and insulting.
Do you know that the sim card is one of the many everyday goods invented by Israelis? Does your ban on Israeli goods run to inventions as well? Oh and thank you so much for having ‘no problem with jewish people’.
Not hateful at all. It is those seeking to crush Israel who are so full of hate. This is like 1930s Europe all over again, the hatred towards the Jews. All very antisemitic.
I stand tall and proud to be a Jewish girl ..
Well said Sarah, all true – yes even about beheading gay men! Although some are thrown off tall buildings instead of beheading – what do you think of that LGBTetcetera of B&H?
These ‘useful idiots’ could’ve marched from Brighton to the Peace Statue but chose to intimidate and upset by congregating very close to the synagogues and couldn’t even respect the tributes to the babies and children who were kidnapped by Hamas – not very peaceful eh, neither is their chant ‘from the river to the sea’, which if folk don’t know by now means kill all the Jews (who have been there for thousands of years BTW).
I imagine none of these folk protested when 1400 Jews were tortured and killed in the most depraved ways in their own homes and at a music festival.
Hamas broke the ceasefire and Hamas refused all peaceful, two-state solutions offered to them on a plate before that, as they don’t want a ceasefire, they don’t want peace, they and their interpretation of their religion is to exterminate all Jewish people.
Google the Hamas founder’s son Mosab Hassan Yousef (now a Christian) if pro-Palestinian and you actually do have an enquiring, questioning, open mind, or carry on being a sheep.
I correct myself: I meant to say PLO/Palestinian Authority refused all peaceful, two-state solutions offered to them on a plate before that.
I haven’t got time to correct all the accusations, inaccuracies, lies and distortions of the pro-Palestinian/Hamas supporters here.
Some of you may wish to re-read your posts and remove the anti-semitic tropes – I’m doing you a favour here; as you may get reported to the police.
BTW, I am not Jewish or Israeli.
What nonsense. Referring to the geographical area and referring to freedom is not antisemitism by any stretch. Benjamin Netanyahu’s own political party has almost the exact same phrase in its charter, except that does explicitly call for the end of Palestine. And while we all condemned the atrocities committed by Hamas, why would we protest? The government and all political parties already condemned it. We are protesting Israel’s war crimes because our government is complicit.
And don’t use our struggle as queer people for your pro genocide ramblings. Being pro Palestinian is not being pro Hamas. That Palestinian people are being oppressed on 2 fronts is no reason to commit war crimes against them. You won’t liberate queer Palestinians by slaughtering them. Just like bombing the hostages is a really dense decision. Netanyahu is a homophobe anyway and he really has supported Hamas!
Well said Sarah……
I think that Hamas carried out these atrocities….and yes, they did carry out horrendous attrocities, which the world has never seen or heard of beofre…..Cruetly that beggars belief…… So very sad.
Hamas will have also known that Israel would retaliate in this way…….So what is the logic behind this attach…..exactly what people people are marching for…..Mobilize a massive army worldwide, infiltrated with terrorists, but you don’t need terrorists when you incite an angry mob….they will do the work for you…..and see what the results will be ….. I find the whole thing extremely frightening …….
I was frightened at 1st listening to the fear mongering and propaganda. I’ve sat silently and watched. When did ethnic cleansing become acceptable? I will join the next protest. This cannot be allowed to continue. Netanyahu has said he wants the Palestinians dead or evicted. These angry young people with nothing to lose, where do u think they’ll go? Watch the next decade, a new refugee crisis. IF he manages to destroy Hamas, the next group will be even worse. Netanyahu is destabilising the world. It’s not right.
Totaly agree, so much hate ,so much antisemitism. Maybe we should organise a counter march to show them never again means NEVER AGAIN.
The march was at least 2000 strong. We were calling for a ceasefire and the withdrawal of the occupying Israelis from Palestinian lands. The freedom of Palestinians is not dependent on the destruction of Israel, as both should be free, but within International law.
We are supporting the Palestinian PEOPLE against what is a genocide and etnic cleansing by any definition.
It is about Israel and Palestine NOT religion.
I saw many Jewish people supporting also and very good and honourable people they were too
✌️I was there and I didn’t see any hate , cease of fire and free Palestine
You would be lucky to get 20 people
This comment makes me really sad. War propaganda has blinded people to simple truths about a blatant genocide. There are plenty of Palestinians on social media providing first hand information about what’s happening, and Google is free – you can quickly discover the origins of ‘from the river to the sea’ and discover it came from Palestinians in the 60s calling for unity across the country (including Israel and, therefore, the Jewish people). It only became a supposed hateful phrase when the Israeli government issued propaganda stating the Palestinians wanted to kill Jewish people. Governments attempting to wipe out people groups will always use scapegoats and demonising tactics to divert people from the reality. Being anti Zionist is not antisemitic. Being anti genocide is not antisemitic. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.
Silly idiot is deluded and has simply no idea why we’re protesting.
I think it is better to ignore crazy people ✌️
There is nothing anti-semitic in pointing out genocide is wrong.
Turning off water and food is barbaric, and the government of the people who do so is barbarian.
Exactly by today 12000 innocent people have been killed, hospitals bombed, schools bombed, mosques bombed, churches bombed, no water, no electricity, indiscriminate bombing free Palestine
40 mins ago
The march was at least 2000 strong. We were calling for a ceasefire and the withdrawal of the occupying Israelis from Palestinian lands. The freedom of Palestinians is not dependent on the destruction of Israel, as both should be free, but living within International law.
We are supporting the Palestinian PEOPLE against what is a genocide and ethnic cleansing by any definition by Israel
It is about Israel and Palestine NOT religion.
I saw many Jewish people supporting also and very good and honourable people they were too
What do you mean by “ the equivalent for Israel of 6000 civilians?”. Israel have already killed six times as many people in Palestine, as were killed in Israel. When do you think the Israeli government will be happy with the death toll? A million?
I wasn’t aware anyone was forced to watch the march. Calling for the end of war crimes isn’t antisemitic. There are many Jews, including Israelis, who condemn the genocide and war crimes and the illegal occupation and apartheid state. Lumping all Jews together is definitely antisemitic. Fake cries of antisemitism is antisemitic. People are no longer willing to be gaslighted and bullied by crybullying. Innocent civilians are suffering and dying right now, with our politicians cheering them on. Some of us mean it when we say ‘never again’ and we mean for it to apply to all ethnicities and religions.
They didn’t do any of that stuff. If you are not truthful why should I believe anything.
They did not kill 6000, they did not do the things you describe.
But Israel have killed 10000 including 4000 children.
And look at the subjugation Palestinians who don’t fight suffer at their hands. Look at Israel’s crimes in East Jerusalsm and The West Bank… I ask you, please have look online or on Al jazeers at what Israel is doing in the people who arent Jewish in the occupied areas.
The point of the march is to persuade both the government and the labour party that the majority of the population, support a ceasefire. Of course everyone sympathies with the pain caused by Israeli deaths. However, how does this justify the murder of innocent babies and children in Palestine ? The Israelis have also killed 75 people in the West Bank, although hamas isn’t there.They are not responsible for anything. The Palestinians have been an occupied since 1948, no free elections, no freedom of movement, minimal amounts of food and electricity. The Israelis have broken numerous agreements, notably the Oslo agreement, constantly stealing farms at gunpoint in Gazza and the West Bank. Gazza is also extremely crowded. The Palestinians lost their country , were murdered and forced into exile in order to create the Israeli state, where many English and Americans live. How can a people who have experienced genocide now inflict genocide on another nation ?
Please study the real facts. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Do not believe what you hear, only half believe what you see. SHOW HUMANITY. YOURS AND MY GRAVES, AND EVERYBODY ELSE’S ARE WAITING FOR US. 🙏🦾🙏🤲🙏🤲🙏 Am an atheist if I may add!
I attended this ‘hate march’ , previously known as a protest
( prior to Bravermans wicked rhetoric). Your propaganda based comments are both inaccurate & inflammatory. I protested against our governments role supporting the inhumane treatment of fellow human beings. There was a true cross section of society represented within that crowd ( I found myself alongside a gay couple) all united in their love and respect for all life. I suggest sarah+the+star+fish that you refrain from public comments as you are clearly capable of fueling hatred with your sh**.
No ceasefire until all hostages are released unharmed.
Because bombing the hostages makes so much sense
And also the Israelis have a history going back decades of breaking agreements, such as the Oslo agreement. This makes the Palestinians wary of trusting any agreement. Most likely , the Israelis would take back the hostages and carry on with the massacre
Hamas are cowards, hiding and firing into Israel from densely populated areas. They could have peace but their paymasters, the Iranians don’t want that. They care nothing for their own people and the fools marching in Brighton including the vile Green Party are useful idiots nothing more. Remember, if you are LGBT+ Hamas and most of the Muslim world would kill you or put you in prison. As you can see, us Jews are going nowhere. We have defeated Arab armies many times. It will be coming to a street near you soon.
I wish you were
Netanyahu is a homophobe too. And queer Palestinians exist. They won’t be liberated by being bombed. Don’t pretend to care about queer people when all you want to do is weaponise our struggle to condone war crimes. International law doesn’t only apply when you agree with the political opinions of victims.
The whole of Gaza is crowded. You know why? Refugees from Palestinian land given to Zionists by the Uk. Armed, funded and protected from world opprobrium for crimes and breaches of international law, by the US and UK.
you know why? It’s a European and US enclave in a trategically important area
nothing justifies the genocide in palestine. these are not hate marches, only people venting their outrage at the genocide taking place. why do jewish communities need to be supported, they have the u.s.a on their side and the slavish support of weak british government
Why do Jewish communities need to be supported? Because there has been a huge rise in antisemitism, they are frightened, and it’s the compassionate thing to do, perhaps??
Well said and in the same way we don’t blame palestinians in brighton for shooting babies and beheading gay people nor should jewish people in Brighton be held accountable for the Israli Government vowing to root out and destroy Hammas an Iranian backed terrorist organisation that has been responsible for firing tens of missiles at their democratic country or responsible for cutting out live babies from the wombs of mothers before they oven roasted this baby and many others who were alive at the time. Jewish people have contributed a huge amount to the UK and to Brighton. Through academic, cultural, intellectual and economic achievements. Many of us live longer and are richer due to the benefit this group have had to the UK.
People weren’t protesting at Jewish people, they were protesting the government’s complicity in these war crimes. Why do 1400 Israeli lives matter to you but 10,000 Palestinian lives don’t? They all matter. To someone who isn’t a racist.
Incidentally, these beheaded babies, cut open wombs, and ovens are pure propaganda that hasn’t been proved to have happened. You don’t need to lie to make it sound horrific; it was on its actual facts. As is the response against the Palestinian children, babies, and pregnant people and other innocent civilians. Think on what you got so close to: They aren’t too blame for the actions of Hamas.
There are many Jews who don’t support the genocide that is taking place, I know a few myself. Being Jewish doesn’t mean anyone has to support Zionism. Please join the majority of the British population who support a ceasefire
I read that even a small majority of the Israel population are against the actions of their government; remember the recent marches in Israel against the government
I think you mean Israel has support from the USA and UK. Not Jewish communities. These are different things and conflating the 2 is problematic
Well said Sarah. These are the same leftist people who constantly bellyache about equality, but support the actions of a regime that tortures and executes gay men and treats women as second class citizens. Meanwhile, nowhere is there any complaint from them regarding the more than 200 hostages, or the daily barrage of rocket fire from Hamas that has been going on for years. And we were led to believe that hate marches ended with Hitler youth. How wrong we were. Such hypocrisy!
Where’s Colin Ireland when you need him.?
In actual fact, the actions of Hamas were condemned at this match and last weekend’s protest and I know for a fact that the freeing of the hostages was called for because it was on my placard.
Being against a far right government’s war crimes is not being in favour of Hamas. Those 3 to 4 thousand children who died were not Hamas. Just like it isn’t OK to lump all Israelis together with the state, let alone all Jews, it is also not on to lump in all Palestinians with Hamas. Its not OK for either to kill civilians. This is the very opposite of hate. If you want to see what hate looks like, look at the Israeli ministers calling Palestinians human animals or saying they’re going for damage over accuracy or calling to nuke Gaza or the IDF soldiers stripping and humiliating Palestinians in the West Bank where there is no Hamas. Invoking the Holocaust to literally condone genocide is the sickest thing I can imagine and spits on the memory of those lost.
Unlike the Christian philosophy of forgiving one’s fellow human beings sins, the basic tenet of Judaism is an ‘eye for an eye’… or in this instance multiple eyes for an eye.
The actions of Hamas in murdering 1400 Jews is terrible but nothing in comparison to what the Nazi’s set out to achieve. I think there are now a lot of people – as a Jew, I am not one of them – that solemnly and wholeheartedly wish that the Nazi’s had completely accomplished their objective and annihilated every single Jew on this planet.
Not sure this is the basic tenet of Judaism. Certainly not the Jewish tradition I was brought up in. This is more often how it is characterised by people seeking to stigmatise Jews
The idiots who think thsi march was about Hamas are the reason why Hamas exists. The march was a peaceful demo asking for a ceasefire and freedom for oppressed people. Nothing to do with Hamas.
The more you idiots judge without finding out the truth the more stronger Hamas becomes.
4 arrested? 1 was escorted away by a PCSO who has no powers of arrest, and he was back in the crowd 20 mins later. There were hundreds chanting and wearing hate filled anti semitic messages. But only 4 arrests?
Calling things you just don’t like antisemitic in order to silence dissent is pretty disgusting and cheapens the very real problem of rising antisemitism. Shameful.
It would be interesting to know which members of the Green Party were ‘showing solidarity’
Interesting to see Jews call out extremist actions for being gay in the Muslim world but won’t call out their same extremist view of capital punishment for gays under Jewish law..
The protest as I understand, was calling for a ceasefire to save the Palestinians that are being killed by Israel supposedly as a consequence of war. Supposedly and alleged as there’s a clear bias that exists in the media and look at who owns them too.
Hamas are vile and should be put to an end. However, Israel is only feeding a loop that creates hatred towards itself by treating the people of Palestine the way they do.. Israel knows that and they’re using Hamas tactically to wipe Palestinians off the map.
Advocating for a ceasefire that will save civilian lives and branding it as anti-semitism is child-like behaviour and designed to make people afraid of questioning clear immoral acts against humanity.
I might be against the acts committed by China but that doesn’t make me anti-China.
Hi David. Your reference to Jews owning the media is a long standing form of anti semitism. Please avoid this in future.
The people who have posted saying the march on Saturday was supporting Hamas and antisemitism, you are all incredibly ignorant and racist.
The Saturday marches was to support Palestine and call for a ceasefire to stop the murdering of thousands of innocent civilians by the Israel state. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAMAS AND PALESTINE. Are you so stupid to not understand that? Are you saying over 3 thousand children are Hamas and deserved to die?
I condemn the horrific attacked by Hamas on Israelis and there is no justification. The is also no justification in Israel murdering thousands of civilians n Gaza, children being blown to pieces. Even if Hamas are hiding within civilians areas, it does not justify bombing and using the civilians as collateral.
‘Never again’ applies to everyone, not just Jews. Throwing antisemitism accusations in response to criticism to Israel’s response is disgusting. Are you saying it’s ok terrorise Muslims but no Jewish people?
You should be utterly ashamed.
NEVER AGAIN
The march was at least 2000 strong. We were calling for a ceasefire and the withdrawal of the occupying Israelis from Palestinian lands. The freedom of Palestinians is not dependent on the destruction of Israel, as both should be free, but within International law.
We are supporting the Palestinian PEOPLE against what is a genocide and etnic cleansing by any definition.
It is about Israel and Palestine NOT religion.
I saw many Jewish people supporting also and very good and honourable people they were too
According to UNOCHA, a total of 308 Israelis have died due to the occupation and its resulting conflicts between 2008 and the start of the most recent war. This figure includes soldiers, West Bank settlers and civilians inside the 1948 borders
1400 people killwd on the 7th October. Where are those crticising a peaceful march getting your facts and figures from. None of what you said is accurate. There were many Jewish people protesting genocide on the March saying never again. 10, 000 Palestinians have been killed since the 7th October 70 percent women and children. Noone on the march was expressing support for Hamas. How do people sleep at night knowing how many children have been killed the by the IDF ? Are you ok with that..the murder of innocents? Many Jewish people all round the world are calling for a ceasefire Sarah starfish you do not speak for me. You are blind, hateful and ignorant
And you are a fool living safely in the Brighton bubble.
Does a surgeon feel sorry for the cancer he or she is removing? Not at all, remove it thoroughly and rehabilitate the patient. Remember, the people of Gaza voted Hamas in and must near the consequences. We offered peace and they refused. Don’t start whining now.
In your scenario, the surgeon removed the cancer by also chopping off healthy limbs and removing vital organs, killing the patient, then went on a stabbing spree through the hospital. Three to four thousand dead kids are not tumours or terrorists, they are innocent human lives. And cutting off power and water is unarguably targeting innocent people. Collective punishment is a war crime. What Hamas did on 7th October was disgusting, but it doesn’t make it right for Israel to do the same ten times over.
The same could be said for you. Jew bear. You are a fascist fool living in the safety of Brighton. Thats like saying we all voted for Rishi Sunak. Get your facts right. It is NEVER Ok to kill children. Where is your humanity?
According to the likes of the rabid anti-Palestinian Jewbear and his ilk then after the IRA pub bombings and other atrocities the British government would have had the right to carpet bomb Eire and massacre innocent Irish Civilians. After all some of them voted for Sinn Féin, the political wing of the IRA…
Hatred begets hatred and murdering innocent women and children will do nothing to end Hamas and will in all probability radicalise thousands of other young men…
There was elements of hate in this March . I stood with the photographs of the hostages in hove. When the march came by we were rushed by several people who ripped the flag from the fence. One man had to be handcuffed. That is not peaceful. Someone shouted
F..k Israel. That is not peaceful. Several groups including children and loan individuals circled us and a group of teenagers waved banners and shouted ‘we support Hammas’. That is not peaceful. Seven policemen had to stand and protect the photographs and 3 people. That is not peaceful. If we believe in the freedom of speech ( as quoted by pro Palestinian groups) then that also applies to everyone including the other side. If the police had not been there I’m not sure what would have happened but it definitely WASNT PEACEFUL .
While plenty were good natured and seemed peaceful enough, I also saw ‘river to the sea’ placards, which are at best an incitement to racial hatred and possibly even genocide. They echo the extreme policies of Iran and Hamas and really should have no place here in Brighton and Hove. No one on the march called them out. Nor, as far as I saw, did the police take any action. What a shameful day.
I am a proud Jew who walked alongside the march to observe what was being said and I was shocked, appalled and scared by the obvious lack of questioning or any form of background research carried out by the marchers.
You “useful fools” are being played by an evil regime and lapping up their lies so that you can do your virtue signalling and feel good about yourselves.
Yes, you are Jew-haters. How can extreme hatred of the Jewish homeland not equal jew hatred/antisemitism?
And don’t believe the self-hating Jews or “Jewish Israeli Dissidents” who are always present and let them persuade you that your antizionism and antisemitism are OK or acceptable in any way. You are a racist.
Your chant of From The River to the Sea……. is a call for a “One State Solution” – one where Israel no longer exists and there is only Palestine.
Hamas are a part of the Muslim Brotherhood and they clearly state that they want to kill all the Jews and then all the Christians. Just read their charter.
You are falling for their carefully crafted and planned Palestinian victim story. The Palestinian polpulation is growing and not shrinking – this is not the definition of a genocide. Hamas hide behind their civilians as they know that the eyes of the world are scrutinising every move Israel makes. And the “useful idiots” will be mobilised to support them.
Israel has to eradicate the evil of Hamas. Hamas is not a “resistance” or “liberation” movement, it is terrorism and barbarism in it’s purest form.
You are playing into their hands and you will be the next victims of Hamas and their ilk, right here in the UK. You are blinded by your liberal sensibilities.
WAKE UP BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE – DO SOME PROPER RESEARCH (Because I’m sure you won’t believe a word of what I’ve just written!)
Bit late to point it out but for those of you who say they care about international law the use of human sheilds is designated as a war crime by The UN.
You think Hamas didn’t know there’d be a response ?
You think their backers , those lovely Mullahs of Qom aren’t laughing at all the ‘ peace ‘ marchers chanting about democracy & human rights ?
The marchers may be honest in their abhorrence of huge civilian casualties, who wouldn’t be , but they’re also naive of the geo political realities.
My tuppence worth.