Last night and tonight have brought more protests in London. Last night there was a large demonstration at Trafalger Square, and the an attempted march toward Kensington, but apparently the police blocked that from taking place. The protesters reassembled at High Street Kensington for a couple of hours in front of the Israeli embassy.
Jenna and I saw the protests on our way to get groceries last night. There were a lot of angry people in the road, and the police had traffic on Kensington High Street blocked off. As we were watching the protests, people started throwing things towards the police, or maybe towards the embassy (the police were standing between the crowd and the embassy so it's hard to say).
A line of about 100 police in full riot gear moved in, and that was when Jenna and I decided to move. We didn't want to be between the police line and the crowd. Over the next hour or so the police segmented and dispursed the crowd.
There was a new demonstration tonight, but it didn't have the same force of the group last night, and organizers are promising another large demonstration next weekend.
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