‘You’re responsible for killing babies’: Two arrested after Labour’s Keir Starmer is targeted by pro-Palestine protesters in Glasgow as he faces fury over his Israel ceasefire stance

Two people were arrested after Sir Keir Starmer was accosted by pro-Palestine activists in Glasgow last night.

Footage shared on social media showed the Labour leader being confronted by furious protesters over the Israel-Hamas war as he arrived in the Scottish city.

He was surrounded by a group, some holding placards and Palestinian flags, as he was escorted through Glasgow Central Station.

As Sir Keir arrived, one protester shouted: ‘Keir Starmer you are facilitating Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Stop the massacre of over 7,000 babies.

‘Freedom for Palestine, stop the genocide. You’re responsible for killing babies in Gaza.’

Footage shared on social media showed the Labour leader being confronted by furious protesters in Glasgow

Sir Keir Starmer was surrounded by a group, some holding placards and Palestinian flags, as he was escorted through Glasgow Central Station

Another shouted: ‘Starmer, why did you vote for continued genocide?’ Others shouted: ‘War criminal’ and ‘You should be in prison’.

After Sir Keir got into a Range Rover, activists surrounded it shouting ‘child murderer’.

The protest continued outside the Crowne Plaza hotel, where Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar also came in for criticism from protesters ‘for supporting genocide’.

The conflict between Israel and Hamas has caused weeks of tensions within Labour, with Sir Keir coming under intense pressure to back a full ceasefire.

Last month, Sir Keir suffered a huge Labour revolt in the House of Commons as 56 of his MPs defied him and backed calls for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. 

The Labour leader has also seen many local councillors quit the party across the country in protest at his stance on the Gaza crisis.

But Sir Keir has held firm to his position that Israel has a right to self-defence in the wake of Hamas’s terror attacks on 7 October.

Footage filmed on a train earlier showed a passenger confronting Sir Keir over the ‘slaughter’ of 7,000 Palestinian children. 

In a self-filmed video, a pro-Palestine supporter is seen approaching the Labour leader as he looks at a laptop with an aide in a train carriage.

Sir Keir, who remains silent throughout, is then grilled over his refusal to back a full ceasefire

He is asked: ‘Keir, how many more children in Palestine have to die before you call for a ceasefire?

‘Over 7,000 children have died, over 7,000 children have been slaughtered by Israel.

‘What happened to human rights? What happened to democracy? We call for peace, we call for democracy.

‘We don’t see any of that when it comes to the Palestinians – 7,000 children, how many more have to die? 20,000 people, how many more people have to die?

‘This is unacceptable, where is your humanity?’

As the activist is then ushered away by two men, he says: ‘Please don’t touch me. I am not doing anything wrong. I’ve paid for a ticket, I’m on the train.’

In the self-filmed video, a pro-Palestine supporter is seen approaching the Labour leader as he looks at a laptop with an aide in a train carriage

The protester is then led away from Sir Keir by two men

According to Gaza Health Ministry figures, at least 17,177 Palestinians have been killed since 7 October.

Around 70 per cent of Gaza’s dead are estimated by local officials to be women and children under 18.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said last night: ‘We are aware of an ongoing protest at a premises on Congress Road, Glasgow, and an earlier protest in the Gordon Street area of the city.

‘Officers are in attendance at Congress Road and engaging with the crowd.

‘Two people have been arrested in connection with assaulting police officers at Congress Road and inquiries are ongoing.

‘There have been no reports of any injuries at either protest.’

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