Thousands of people around the world demonstrated this Saturday (5) in support of Palestine and for the ceasefire in the Middle East conflict.
The acts took place on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israeli territory and the start of Israel’s military invasion of Gaza, where almost 42,000 people have died so far.
From New Zealand to Europe, protesters took to the streets to call for an end to the bombings in Gaza and the West Bank, as well as an end to the campaign against Palestinians carried out by the Israeli government.
In Rome, there was conflict between some police officers and pro-Palestinian protesters. Around five people were arrested in riots suppressed by authorities.
In Spain, in addition to Madrid, which brought together almost 20 thousand people, according to the organization, the protest also took place in the cities of Alicante, Bilbao, Cádiz, Santander, Girona, Granada, Pamplona, Murcia, Tarragona and Palencia.
In the protests, protesters demanded an end to the genocide in Palestine and asked Pedro Sánchez’s government to put an end to the arms trade and “diplomatic, institutional, economic, sporting and cultural” relations with Israel.
In Paris, thousands of protesters also called for an international boycott of Israel due to the attacks by the Jewish State in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon in a protest that extended from Place de la République to Place de Clichy and in which political representatives also participated. such as the leader of France’s radical left Insoumise (LFI), Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
In the city of London, around 200 people gathered in the city center carrying Palestinian flags and posters calling for a ceasefire in Lebanon.
Demonstrations were also recorded in England, Germany, the United States, and in cities in South Africa, such as Cape Town and Johannesburg.
The South African government is a staunch defender of the Palestinian cause and the African National Congress (ANC), the party of Nelson Mandela and the country’s current president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has often been linked to its own fight against the segregationist Apartheid regime ( 1948 -1994).
In fact, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is hearing a case brought by South Africa against Israel for alleged violation of the Genocide Convention during its military operations in the Gaza Strip. *With information from the EFE Agency
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