Thousands of pupils leave lessons for Gaza protests
Thousands of pupils have walked out of school to protest against the war in Israel after a campaign group told parents they would not be punished.
Children in Manchester, Glasgow, Bristol, Luton and east London left their lessons to march through town centres calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
The demonstrations come a day after hundreds of young students took similar action in Tower Hamlets, east London, and gathered with placards and loudspeakers outside the office their local MP.
Co-ordinated by the Stop the War Coalition, a campaign group accused of harbouring anti-western sentiments, the countrywide “school strikes” aim to run every Friday until a ceasefire is agreed. The group said it was supporting largely “self-organised” action by parents and children, and that about
