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Gaza March in NI: Clashing Protests, Tensions Rise
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Tensions rise as a pro-Palestinian march, the Great March for Gaza and International Justice, is set to pass through the unionist village of Scarva, County Down. The march, organized by the Lurgan branch of the Irish Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, aims to highlight the crisis in Gaza. However, local group Scarva Concerned Residents plans a counter-protest, labeling it a republican pro-Gaza parade. Meanwhile, a sponsored walk by the Markethill Volunteers Flute Band, marking the eighty-second anniversary of D-Day, is also planned to overlap with the march. Both events have been flagged as sensitive by the Parades Commission, as global conflicts like Gaza spill into Northern Irelands parade traditions, testing the commissions role in keeping things orderly.
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