British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that planning to organize a demonstration next Saturday against the Israeli aggression on Gaza is “provocative and shameful,” because it coincides with “Armistice Day,” in which London honors its dead in the First and Second World Wars.

On Tuesday, the British Prime Minister called on pro-Palestinian groups to cancel the march, which will demand an end to the Israeli aggression.

Until now, the aggression against Gaza has led to the fall of more than 10,000 martyrs, most of them women and children, the destruction of infrastructure and the displacement of most of the population.

The organizers of the demonstration defied appeals from the British Metropolitan Police to postpone the demonstration scheduled for next Saturday.

Tens of thousands are expected to participate in the demonstration in the streets of London, to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

"We continue to believe that planning protests on Armistice Day is provocative and disrespectful, and we urge organizers to reconsider," Sunak's spokesman told reporters.

He added that the government would "carefully consider any request" from the police to prevent the protest from continuing.

Some observers fear that the demonstration on Saturday will disrupt the commemoration of “Remembrance Day,” which also falls on Sunday and includes a two-minute silence in honor of the dead British soldiers.

The organizing groups did not indicate that they planned to demonstrate on Sunday or on “Remembrance Day,” the culmination of celebrations honoring soldiers who fell in previous wars.

Organizers pledged to avoid the Whitehall area of central London, where the memorial is located.

Source: Al Jazeera + French