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MPs and campaigners have condemned pro-Palestine protesters for waving signs referring to Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust during protests against Israeli actions in the Middle East.
One man standing in Trafalgar Square yesterday held a Palestinian flag with a placard reading, Stop doing what Hitler did to you , while a poster held by a woman read, Israel, the new Nazi state .
Another sign in London referred to Holocaust Part 2 and another - referring to Israel s Prime Minister - read Netanyahu surpasses Hitler in barbarism .
Responding to the signs, Lord Mann, the government s anti-Semitism tsar, told the Sunday Times: The disgusting racist abuse against Jewish people on the streets of London requires an effective and strong response by all politicians and will be treated with contempt by all decent citizens.
LONDON: Thousands of people have marched through central London in solidarity with Palestine.They congregated at Victoria Embankment on Saturday afternoon before making their way to Hyde Park..
Celebrities including Tracy-Ann Oberman, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Dom Joly tonight furiously denounced actor s union Equity after it openly backed Saturday s pro-Palestine demo in which protesters brandished appalling anti-Semitic placards designed to stoke up religious hate .
In a statement released on Thursday ahead of the massive rally in London, General Secretary Paul Fleming and President Maureen Beattie condemned the Israeli actions in the Middle East and called on union members to support Palestinian comrades and join the march.
But the Trafalgar Square demo has been slammed by MPs and campaigners after protesters draped in Palestinian flags were photographed waving signs which compared Israel to Nazi Germany and claimed that premier Benjamin Netanyahu surpasses Hitler in barbarism .
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