AN emergency demonstration has taken place in Glasgow to protest against Israel's interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla.
More than 100 people turned out to the protest at Nelson Mandela Place on Thursday afternoon, organised by Mothers Against Genocide Scotland.
Israel intercepted the flotilla overnight on Wednesday, which was attempting to deliver vital aid to Gaza and break Israel's siege on the enclave.
Among those detained by Israel were four Scottish activists: Jim Hickey, Sid Khan, Margaret Pacetta and Yvonne Ridley.
Protesters could be heard shouting "intercept our fleet, we take the streets", as well as banging pots and pans.
Several vehicles honked their horns in support of the protest, with other passerbys also cheering.
Isma Khan, the wife of detained activist Sid Khan, also addressed the crowd.
She said: "The main message my husband said to me that I have to portray out to everyone is: continue doing all your hard work, because we're making a difference.
"The tide is turning, and by raising the awareness we are changing things, and we just have to keep coming out.
"Just moments before he got captured, I said to him, 'oh Sid, you're so close but so far!', and he went, 'no, mission is complete!'
"Because we have opened the eyes of the world to Gaza. We have highlighted that Israel has committed another crime."
Also attending the protest was former SNP MSP Sandra White, who previously took part in a 2008 flotilla mission which successfully made it to Gaza.
White is also close friends with veteran pro-Palestine activist Margaret Pacetta, who was intercepted on the Omar Al Mokhtar boat.
Former SNP MSP @SandraWhiteSNP speaks to @ScotNational at the emergency Global Sumud Flotilla protest in Glasgow She has previously gone on a successful flotilla mission & is close friends with Margaret Pacetta, one of the Scottish activists detained by Israel pic.twitter.com/uDkyoYy51R
— Lucy Jackson (@LucyAJackson_) October 2, 2025
White told The National: "I'm here today to demonstrate against the genocide that's happening in Gaza and the West Bank and Palestine.
"I was fortunate enough to get into Gaza on a boat in 2008, the only boat that ever made it, and it was like walking into biblical times. Even then, Al-Shifa hospital was under the control of the Israelis.
"I saw it myself from there, but I have never seen anything so horrific as what's happening just now."
There are several other protests taking place later on Thursday in cities including Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness.
