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A man who climbed up Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower carrying a Palestinian flag has now come down, after more than 16 hours.

The barefoot man made his way on to a ledge several metres up the tower at the Palace of Westminster on Saturday morning.

He had filmed his climb and said that he was protesting against "police repression and state violence".

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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Legendary move - peaceful, brings lots of attention to the cause, and dedicated. Congratulations to this man!

[–] jimmy90@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

what's your guess for a peace plan in palestine?

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 0 points 9 months ago

Israel withdraws forces, Palestinians are allowed to leave without applying to cross the border. I'm not concerned about Hamas attacking Israel if Israel isn't provoking Hamas

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago (3 children)
[–] Harvey656@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Man: climbs tower and sits

Dumbass on the internet: Litterally terrorism.

The mental gymnastics is gold medal worthy.

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

Israel killed it.

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago

I'm surprised they didn't carpet bomb him down.

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

How do you mean? The article doesn’t mention Hamas or an act of violence. The only one who got hurt is him when he cut his foot climbing. It doesn’t seem like it was “literally” anything but a peaceful protest, even if I imagine it’s illegal for lots of other reasons. (I don’t know UK law but I suspect climbing Big Ben isn’t legal.)