Students plan pro-Palestine protests on Remembrance Day

Pro-Palestine groups at universities are set to target Remembrance Day with protests.

The Student Federation for a Liberated Palestine (SFLP), a network of 15 pro-Palestinian student groups from universities across the UK, has called for a "student day of action" on Nov 11.

At least one student group, Caerdydd Students for Palestine, which represents students at Cardiff University, has organised a protest on Monday.

Other groups, including at the universities of Nottingham and Lincoln, shared a joint social media post with SFLP calling for people to protest.

In the Instagram post, SFLP says that "the victims of the zionist state" must not be forgotten on Remembrance Day.

"As Britain prepares to commemorate Armistice Day and remember the victims of the atrocities of WW2, we must make sure the victims of the zionist state are not forgotten," the post said.

Caerdydd Students for Palestine has organised a protest outside the university's main building at 5pm on Monday.

The group said the protest would be held "to mourn and remember all of our martyrs, and remind our institutions that the student intifada isn't going anywhere, it only continues to grow stronger".

The term "intifada", an Arabic word for a rebellion or uprising, has been interpreted by some as a call for violence, but others defend it as a call for solidarity with the Palestinian people .

The planned protests will bring to mind events on last year's Remembrance Day, when hundreds of thousands of pro-Palestine marchers took to the streets of London .

Far-Right counter protesters also clashed with police in violent scenes across the capital.

At the time, Rishi Sunak, then prime minister, condemned far-Right "thugs" and "Hamas sympathisers" for "disrespecting" the Armed Forces.

No protest of such a large scale is planned for this year's Remembrance Day.