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Tense scenes in Manchester as pro-Palestinian protesters target shops and buildings as they call for 'ceasefire'

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There were tense scenes across Manchester today (November 18) as thousands of Pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched and chanted their way through the city centre for the sixth weekend in a row.

Crowds gathered at Whitworth Park at 12pm before making their way down Oxford Road and continuing towards Manchester Cathedral.

On route, protestors targeted a Starbucks and Pret A Manger shop, shouting ‘shame on you’ and ‘boycott Pret’ while customers inside looked on in bewilderment.

The protestors claim that the two chains are supporting Israel by opening outlets in the country. READ MORE: Firefighters rush to huge blaze at B&M store READ MORE: The Greater Manchester town left so shaken shopkeepers are keeping their doors locked ALL DAY The ‘main target’ was however the Fisher German offices in Centurion House on Deansgate - due to the property surveying company's links to Elbit Systems, which protesters claim produces specialist electrical equipment for military use by Israel.

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