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<\/p>\nTwo people were arrested after Sir Keir Starmer was accosted by pro-Palestine activists in Glasgow\u00a0last night.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
He was surrounded by a group, some holding placards and Palestinian flags, as he was escorted through Glasgow Central Station.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
‘Freedom for Palestine, stop the genocide. You’re responsible for killing babies in Gaza.’<\/p>\n
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Footage shared on social media showed the Labour leader being confronted by furious protesters in Glasgow<\/p>\n
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Sir Keir Starmer was surrounded by a group, some holding placards and Palestinian flags, as he was escorted through Glasgow Central Station<\/p>\n
Another shouted: ‘Starmer, why did you vote for continued genocide?’ Others shouted: ‘War criminal’ and ‘You should be in prison’.<\/p>\n
After Sir Keir got into a Range Rover, activists surrounded it shouting ‘child murderer’.<\/p>\n
The protest continued outside the Crowne Plaza hotel, where Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar also came in for criticism from protesters ‘for supporting genocide’.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Labour leader has also seen many local councillors quit the party across the country in protest at his stance on the Gaza crisis.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Footage filmed on a train earlier showed a passenger confronting Sir Keir over the ‘slaughter’ of 7,000 Palestinian children.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Sir Keir, who remains silent throughout, is then grilled over his refusal to back a full ceasefire<\/p>\n
He is asked:\u00a0‘Keir, how many more children in Palestine\u00a0have to die before you call for a ceasefire?<\/p>\n
‘Over 7,000 children have died, over 7,000 children have been slaughtered by Israel.<\/p>\n
‘What happened to human rights? What happened to democracy? We call for peace, we call for democracy.<\/p>\n
‘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?<\/p>\n
‘This is unacceptable, where is your humanity?’<\/p>\n
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.’<\/p>\n
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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<\/p>\n
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The protester is then led away from Sir Keir by two men<\/p>\n
According to Gaza Health Ministry figures, at least 17,177 Palestinians have been killed since 7 October.<\/p>\n
Around 70 per cent of Gaza’s dead are estimated by local officials to be women and children under 18.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
‘Officers are in attendance at Congress Road and engaging with the crowd.<\/p>\n
‘Two people have been arrested in connection with assaulting police officers at Congress Road and inquiries are ongoing.<\/p>\n
‘There have been no reports of any injuries at either protest.’<\/p>\n