On Saturday I happened to be in Sheffield and was strolling through the city centre when entirely by chance I came across a large pro-Palestinian demonstration.
A makeshift stage had been set up on the steps of City Hall and there were perhaps a couple of thousand people, many draped in Palestinian flags and carrying Socialist Worker placards whooping and chanting slogans for the elimination of Israel. Out of curiosity I stopped to listen to the speeches. There was ritualistic condemnation of “apartheid” Israel, outrage at what is happening in Gaza, and calls for the end to the “occupation”.
But they were surrounded by a much larger group of protestors, who had also managed to get their hands on the man, and there was a tug of war, this way and that, with the crowd screaming: “Let him go!” Eventually, the police did let him go and he ran away through the crowd to triumphant cheers. The police were outnumbered, under-resourced and overwhelmed. I don’t blame those officers.
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