Propalestine protests in many cities in the world. Even a quarter of a million participants
The world does not look away from events in the Middle East. At the weekend, a wave of protests and demonstrations against Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip underwent, among others Through Istanbul, Ankara, Amsterdam, Discount, Barcelona, Rome, Madrid and Lisbon.
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Riots in Spain
On Sunday, the Catalan police reported that ten people were detained and 19 policemen injured as a result of Saturday clashes between officers and Propalestine demonstrators in Barcelona.
About 70,000 took part in the first Propalestine Manifestation in Barcelona, which took place on Saturday afternoon. people.
After the march, which ran without incidents, there was a second, smaller, support for Palestine, with approx. 2,000 people. Its participants clashed with the police, attacking stores of international companies.
Protest in BarcelonaPAP/EPA/MARTA Perez
Demonstrations of support for Palestine and opposing the actions of the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip took place on Saturday in about 70 cities throughout Spain. In Madrid, the capital of the country, the protest accumulated almost 100,000 people.
Demonstrators also objected to Israel's arrest of activists from the global Sumud (GSF) flotilla, which flowed with humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. On the night of Wednesday to Thursday, Israel detained about 470 participants and over 40 boats. There were almost 50 Spaniards among the activists, including the mayor of Barcelona Ada Colau.
Hundreds of thousands of people at demonstrations in Turkey
Hundreds of thousands of people took part in several Turkish cities on Sunday in support for Palestine and against Israel's activities in the Gaza Strip. The biggest demonstration took place in Istanbul.
In the largest and most populous city of Turkey, crowds of people marched from the temple of Hagia Sophia to the shores of the Golden Corner, i.e. the bay of the Bosphorus dividing Istanbul into two parts – the Associated Press agency informed. In Ankara, the capital of the country, protesters kept flags and posters condemning genocide in the Gaza Strip.
In turn, in Izmir, a port city in western Turkey, was protested against Israel's detention of the global Sumud (GSF) flotilla. On Lake Wan, the largest and deepest in the country, located in eastern Turkey, fishing boats, kayaks and divers sailed with Palestinian flags.
Turkish authorities and society are clearly on the side of the Gaza Strip. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls Israel's “genocide” and does not consider Hamas to be a terrorist organization.
A quarter of a million participants
The Dutch also went out into the streets. Hundreds of thousands of people passed on Sunday through the streets of Amsterdam in the third protest of the “red line” against the war in the Gaza Strip. According to the organizers of the participants' march, there were a quarter of a million.
MuseumPlein Square in Amsterdam was filled with hundreds of thousands of people dressed in red, in color, which is a symbol of the protest “Rode Lijn” (“Red Line”). Participants of the march against the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, carrying Palestine's flags, called for suspension of weapons, end raids and increase humanitarian aid for civilians.
Protest in AmsterdamPAP/EPA/RAMON VAN FLYMEN
The demonstration took place at the summary of the organization: Amnesty International, Oxfam Novib, PAX and The Rights Forum with the support of 134 other social organizations. In an interview with PAP, one of the organizers, Leoni Minderhoud from Oxfam Novib, confirmed the estimates assessing the number of participants at approx. 250 thousand. – The scale of this protest shows how deeply the Dutch oppose the current policy towards Palestine. I wonder if the Government Coalition came to consider the Palestinian state – because finally there are real opportunities – she said.
On MuseumPlein and along the route of the march – through Leidseplein, Veteringshans and Weesperstraat – the inhabitants of Amsterdam hung Palestinian flags and red ribbons from the windows, symbolizing solidarity with the victims of the conflict.
The manifestation went without major incidents.
A crowd of people in the center of Rabat chanted the slogans of support for Palestinians
Tens of thousands of people also protested in Rabat, the capital of Morocco, against the “massacres” made by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip.
The crowd of people in the center of Rabat chanted slogans of support for Palestinians, carrying Palestinian flags and banners calling, among others to save children and stop starving the inhabitants of the enclave.
Protest in the discountPAP/EPA/JALAL MORCHIDI
“The war has achieved an unprecedented level of cruelty. We are witnessing the Palestinian genocide,” AFP said one of the participants of the demonstration.
The gathered also objected to the normalization of relations between Morocco and Israel, which occurred at the end of 2020 with the support of the United States.
From the beginning of the war, several large demonstrations took place in the Gaza Zone in Morocco, aimed at supporting Palestinians. The kingdom officially called for “immediate ending of the war”, but without questioning the normalization of relations.
