LONDON, June 2, 2010 (WAFA)- The rising tide of anger and the demand for international action by the British people against the Israeli Government’s assassination of peace activists onboard the Marvi Marmara and their continued illegal blockade of Gaza will result in a major national demonstration through central London on Saturday  June 5.

The demonstration has been called by six of the largest organisations in the UK who campaign for peace and justice for the Palestinian people; Palestine Solidarity Campaign, CND, Stop the War Coalition, Viva Palesina, British Muslim Initiative and Friends of Al-Aqsa.

Speaking ahead of the demonstration, Betty Hunter General Secretary of PSC said: “The barbaric acts carried out by the Israeli Army on the peace flotilla have galvanised ordinary British people into showing their opposition to the actions of the Israeli Government. This national emergency demonstration is an opportunity for everyone to show that people across this country oppose the illegal blockade of Gaza and the murder of innocent people.”