‘You are accountable for killing infants’: Two arrested after Labour’s Keir Starmer is focused by pro-Palestine protesters in Glasgow as he faces fury over his Israel ceasefire stance

Two folks had been arrested after Sir Keir Starmer was accosted by pro-palestine activists in Glasgow final evening.

Footage shared on social media confirmed the Labour chief being confronted by livid protesters over the Israel–Hamas struggle as he arrived within the Scottish metropolis.

He was surrounded by a gaggle, some holding placards and Palestinian flags, as he was escorted by way of Glasgow Central Station.

As Sir Keir arrived, one protester shouted: ‘Keir Starmer you might be facilitating Israel‘s genocide in Gaza. Cease the bloodbath of over 7,000 infants.

‘Freedom for palestine, cease the genocide. You are accountable for killing infants in Gaza.’

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

One other shouted: ‘Starmer, why did you vote for continued genocide?’ Others shouted: ‘Warfare prison’ and ‘You need to be in jail’.

After Sir Keir acquired right into a Vary Rover, activists surrounded it shouting ‘baby assassin’.

The protest continued outdoors the Crowne Plaza lodge, the place Scottish Labour chief Anas Sarwar additionally got here in for criticism from protesters ‘for supporting genocide’.

The battle between Israel and Hamas has prompted weeks of tensions inside Labour, with Sir Keir coming beneath intense strain to again a full ceasefire.

Final month, Sir Keir suffered an enormous Labour revolt within the Home of Commons as 56 of his MPs defied him and backed requires a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. 

The Labour chief has additionally seen many native councillors stop the occasion throughout the nation in protest at his stance on the Gaza disaster.

However Sir Keir has held agency to his place that Israel has a proper to self-defence within the wake of Hamas‘s terror assaults on 7 October.

Footage filmed on a prepare earlier confirmed a passenger confronting Sir Keir over the ‘slaughter’ of seven,000 Palestinian youngsters. 

In a self-filmed video, a pro-palestine supporter is seen approaching the Labour chief as he seems at a laptop computer with an aide in a prepare carriage.

Sir Keir, who stays silent all through, is then grilled over his refusal to again a full ceasefire

He’s requested: ‘Keir, what number of extra youngsters in palestine should die earlier than you name for a ceasefire?

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

‘What occurred to human rights? What occurred to democracy? We name for peace, we name for democracy.

‘We do not see any of that with regards to the Palestinians – 7,000 youngsters, what number of extra should die? 20,000 folks, what number of extra folks should die?

‘That is unacceptable, the place is your humanity?’

Because the activist is then ushered away by two males, he says: ‘Please do not contact me. I’m not doing something fallacious. I’ve paid for a ticket, I am on the prepare.’

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

In accordance with Gaza Well being Ministry figures, at the least 17,177 Palestinians have been killed since 7 October.

Round 70 per cent of Gaza’s useless are estimated by native officers to be girls and kids beneath 18.

A Police Scotland spokesperson stated final evening: ‘We’re conscious of an ongoing protest at a premises on Congress Highway, Glasgow, and an earlier protest within the Gordon Road space of town.

‘Officers are in attendance at Congress Highway and fascinating with the gang.

‘Two folks have been arrested in reference to assaulting cops at Congress Highway and inquiries are ongoing.

‘There have been no reviews of any accidents at both protest.’