Thousands to march in parallel Nakba Day and far-right rallies in central London

Thousands to march in parallel Nakba Day and far-right rallies in central London Submitted by Daniel Tester on Sat, 05/16/2026 - 09:56 Police have deployed 'unprecedented' numbers to tackle multiple rallies with extra powers to target activists Protesters gather to call for the ban on the Palestine Action group to be lifted during a demonstration in Trafalgar Square in central London on 11 April 2026 (Carlos Jasso/AFP) Off Tens of thousands of people are set to gather in central London on Saturday for a march marking the 78th anniversary of the Nakba , which coincides with a separate protest organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson . The Metropolitan Police said it would deploy over 4,000 officers to police the two marches in an “unprecedented” public order operation, with protesters kept on separate routes. The Nakba Day march is an annual demonstration organised by a coalition of groups, including the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, commemorating the expulsion of more than 750,000 Palestinians from their land and the killing of over 13,000 others by Zionist militias to make way for the creation of Israel in 1948.