‘We’re two grandmothers, when our grandchildren ask us what we did, we know what we’ll say, we stood up, we spoke out, we weren’t silent, and as a Jewish person I am absolutely ashamed of anybody either Israeli Jewish or London Jewish or wherever who doesn’t stand up and who thinks this is okay.’ Sue Pentel, 72, a Jewish grandmother arrested at a pro-Palestine protest outside Barclays in Belfast, says she’s proud to keep demonstrating.

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‘We’re two grandmothers, when our grandchildren ask us what we did, we know what we’ll say, we stood up, we spoke out, we weren’t silent, and as a Jewish person I am absolutely ashamed of anybody either Israeli Jewish or London Jewish or wherever who doesn’t stand up and who thinks this is okay.’ Sue Pentel, 72, a Jewish grandmother arrested at a pro-Palestine protest outside Barclays in Belfast, says she’s proud to keep demonstrating. Mrs. Pentel and Martine McCullough attended Musgrave Street police station for interviews under caution over alleged criminal damage involving stickers on an ATM.

2:47 PM · Jun 25, 2025

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