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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    5 months ago

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

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        5 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

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      5 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.)

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      5 months ago

      Man: climbs tower and sits

      Dumbass on the internet: Litterally terrorism.

      The mental gymnastics is gold medal worthy.