Anti-Israel activists disrupt Boxing Day shopping in London, Toronto malls
Boxing Day mall protests in London and Toronto saw activists hang Palestinian flags and disrupt shoppers while demanding an arms embargo on Israel.
Demonstrators from the "Palestine Coalition" gather in support for Palestinians, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza went into effect, in London, Britain, October 11, 2025.
(photo credit: REUTERS/JAIMI JOY)
DECEMBER 28, 2025
JERUSALEM POST
Anti-Israel activists disrupted Boxing Day shopping in London and Toronto malls on Friday, demanding that the UK government free jailed activist vandals and that the Canadian government impose a two-way arms embargo on Israel.
Activists associated with Prayers for Gaza hung Palestinian flags and banners from the banisters in the Westfield Stratford City shopping center. As activists chanted for the release of Palestine Action vandals, fliers calling for the boycotting of all Israeli goods and services on Boxing Day were dropped from upper floors to the bottom of the shopping center.
Instagram posts by activists showed them struggling with security, who tried to pull their banners and flags from the banisters.
Prayers for Gaza said that the “takeover” of the mall was done to raise awareness about their demands to the UK government to cut defense industry ties, ban goods from Israeli settlements, and end the operations of Israeli defense firm Elbit Systems in the country.
The group also demanded the release of 24 Palestine Action activists jailed in connection with an August 2024 attack on Elbit Systems UK’s South Gloucestershire Horizon facility and the June raid on the Brize Norton base in Oxfordshire.
Seven of the Palestine Action activists had begun a hunger strike on November 2 in a bid to secure their release, expel Elbit subsidiaries from the country, and deprescribe their organization, but by Wednesday, three had ended their protest.
A woman walks with shopping bags on Oxford Street during Boxing Day sales, in London, Britain, December 28, 2025. (credit: REUTERS/Isabel Infantes)
Protests in Toronto
Toronto activists held a similar Boxing Day protest at the Eaton Centre, according to the Palestinian Youth Movement Toronto, also hanging banners from upper floors and dropping pamphlets to disrupt shopping.
A PYM representative said that protesters acted “on the busiest day for shopping day for so-called Canada” because while “people are spending money,” the Canadian government was supposedly sending weapon components to Israel.
“Demonstrators are demanding that the Canadian government impose a full, two-way arms embargo, close the US export loophole, and end Canada’s political and military support for Israel’s actions,” PYM Toronto said on social media.
Netanyahu ‘Wanted’ posters plastered across London
December 28, 2025
December 28, 2025
MEMO
Pro-Palestinian protesters holding a pan with a photo of Netanyahu gather at Parliament Square during a demonstration calling for an end to the blockade on Gaza and a halt to arms sales to Israel in London, United Kingdom.
Pro-Palestinian protesters holding a pan with a photo of Netanyahu gather at Parliament Square during a demonstration calling for an end to the blockade on Gaza and a halt to arms sales to Israel in London, United Kingdom.
[Raşid Necati Aslım – Anadolu Agency
Activists have plastered “Wanted” posters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu across London’s buses, streets and busy landmarks in a protest highlighting his role in war crimes and genocide linked to the Gaza conflict, Anadolu reports.
The campaign, staged by pro-Palestine campaigners, depicts images of Netanyahu alongside text referencing an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant issued in November 2024, accusing him of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Gaza since October 2023.
The Israeli army killed over 71,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, in Gaza over a two-year period. Although a ceasefire took effect on Oct. 10, Israel has not stopped its attacks.
Living conditions have also not significantly improved, as requirements such as agreed quantities of food, aid, medical supplies, and mobile housing into the enclave have not been met.
Activists have plastered “Wanted” posters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu across London’s buses, streets and busy landmarks in a protest highlighting his role in war crimes and genocide linked to the Gaza conflict, Anadolu reports.
The campaign, staged by pro-Palestine campaigners, depicts images of Netanyahu alongside text referencing an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant issued in November 2024, accusing him of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Gaza since October 2023.
The Israeli army killed over 71,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, in Gaza over a two-year period. Although a ceasefire took effect on Oct. 10, Israel has not stopped its attacks.
Living conditions have also not significantly improved, as requirements such as agreed quantities of food, aid, medical supplies, and mobile housing into the enclave have not been met.
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