Demonstration to mark the 3rd anniversary of operation 'Cast Lead'

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A woman holds a placard with the words 'Stop Israeli war crimes in Gaza.'

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Thee Jewish men hold placards at the demonstration.

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A young boy holds high a placard during the demonstration.

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A man shouts through a megaphone.

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A man holds high a flag during the demonstration.

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Demonstrators with placards outside the Israeli embassy.

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Pro-Israeli demonstration outside the Israeli embassy.

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Pro-Israeli demonstrators stage a counter protest outside the Israeli embassy.

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Pro-Israeli demonstrators stage a counter protest outside the Israeli embassy.

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A placard with a message urging the end of the Gaza siege.

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A placard decrying the 3rd anniversary of 'Cast Lead' outside the Israeli embassy.

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A young demonstrator holds a placard demanding an end to the siege on Gaza.

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A young demonstrator holds a placard demanding an end to the siege on Gaza.

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Demonstration to mark the 3rd anniversary of 'Cast Lead'.

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A Palestinian woman flashes the two-finger 'peace' sign at a demonstration to mark the 3rd anniversary of 'Cast Lead'.

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Demonstration placards demanding the end of the siege on Gaza.

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Demonstration to mark the 3rd anniversary of 'Cast Lead'.

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A Stop the War Coalition speaker addresses demonstrators through a megaphone.

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A Stop the War Coalition speaker addresses demonstrators through a megaphone.

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Police officers keep demonstrators from 'spilling' onto High Street Kensington.

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A Stop the War Coalition speaker addresses demonstrators through a megaphone.

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A woman flies a Palestine flag 7 shouts chats "End the Siege in Gaza' at a demonstration to mark the 3rd anniversary of 'Cast Lead' outside the Israeli Embassy in London

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Demonstration to mark the 3rd anniversary of 'Cast Lead' outside the Israeli Embassy in London

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Demonstration to mark the 3rd anniversary of 'Cast Lead' outside the Israeli Embassy in London

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Demonstration to mark the 3rd anniversary of 'Cast Lead' outside the Israeli Embassy in London

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A protest to mark the anniversary of operation 'Cast Lead' during the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip in 2008, was held outside the Israeli embassy. Pro-Israel supporters held a counter demonstration nearby. London, UK. 27th December 2011

Demonstration to mark the 3rd anniversary of 'Cast Lead' outside the Israeli Embassy in London

The demonstration was called by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, British Muslim Initiative, Jews for Justice for Palestinians, Friends of Al Aqsa, Stop the War Coalition, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the Palestinian Forum in Britain and supported by many other groups including the Muslim Association of Britain, Unite and PCS trade unions and the anti-Zionist Jews of Neturei Karta.

Operation Cast Lead was a three-week bombing and invasion of the Gaza Strip by Israel, and hundreds of rocket attacks on south of Israel which started on December 27, 2008.

The conflict resulted in between about 1,417 Palestinian and 13 Israeli deaths.