Christmas shopping HELL: Palestine protesters march down Oxford Street RUINING last minute shopping for Britons

Christmas shopping HELL: Palestine protesters march down Oxford Street RUINING last minute shopping for Britons

Palestine protesters are marching down Oxford Street

Dan Falvey

By Dan Falvey


Published: 23/12/2023

- 13:53

Updated: 23/12/2023

- 19:30

Today is expected to be the busiest day for Christmas shopping

Pro-Palestine protesters are marching through central London, blocking off parts of the road on Oxford Street.

The activists have taken to the streets for another weekend of demonstrations demanding a ceasefire in Gaza.


The disruption on Britain's most iconic shopping street comes just two days before Christmas, with today expected to be the busiest day for festive shopping.

Bombarding the entrances to shops, those gathered demanded Christmas shoppers boycott “Israeli-linked” brands.

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Some shops have been forced to close their doors

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Activists gathered in Soho Square chanting “free Palestine” before marching on the busy shopping street.

Security guards blocked the entrance to fashion shop Zara, while dozens of officers followed the march.

Leaflets distributed to those in attendance said: “No Christmas as usual in a genocide. The UK is complicit.

“Don’t fund genocide in Palestine. Boycott Israel.”

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Hundreds marched down the busy central London street

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The shop has been forced to close its doors to customers.

Protesters standing outside the entrance chanted: "Zara, Zara, you can’t hide, stop supporting genocide".

Branches of Omega and Furla were also forced to lockdown.

Activists outside chanted: “While you’re shopping, bombs are dropping”.

Today has been dubbed "Super Saturday" by the retail sector.

Shopping outlets are predicting December 23 to be the busiest in-store shopping day of the whole of 2023.

Last year, UK shoppers were tipped to have spent almost £1.63million on Super Saturday.

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