Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters rallied in London, Paris and Berlin on Saturday to call for a ceasefire in Gaza after Iranians took to the streets in the United States and Israel.
– 30,000 protesters in London –
Amid Israel’s continued bombardment following Hamas’ deadly attack on its territory last month that killed 1,400 people, the British capital saw a huge turnout of Palestinians for the fourth week in a row.
Israel’s bombing campaign since the Hamas attack in October has killed some 9,500 people, most of them women and children, according to the Hamas-run Ministry of Public Health in the Gaza Strip.
Police estimated that around 30,000 more people attended the demonstration in Trafalgar Square in central London.
They said they had arrested 11 people, and added one for holding a sign that could simply incite hatred.
Many demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and carried signs calling for a ceasefire.
One organization carried a cloth package depicting a baby killed in the Israeli bombing campaign.
Sama Dababneh, a 26-year-old Jordanian business consultant, said she was fed up with all the provocative photographs coming out of Gaza.
“We got here to the ceasefire,” he said. We spend the whole week eating inshapeation and it’s very exhausting, so it’s our only way out. “
Pro-Palestinian protests also took place on Saturday in cities across the UK, including Sheffield, Manchester and Glasgow.
– Calls to ‘liberate Palestine’ in Paris –
The French government said another 19,000 people demonstrated in Paris, while the Communist-led CGT union put the figure at 60,000.
Banners of “Free Palestine” proliferated in the French capital, with slogans calling for a boycott of Israel and chants of “Israeli terrorist state. “
Legal assistant Leila Gharbi, 46, held a Palestinian flag and demanded “a ceasefire. “
His daughter Inès, a 21-year-old student, called for “the barbarism to stop. “
Keltoum Alouache, a 75-year-old retired Algerian, said she was committed “to the youth of Gaza and Palestine. “
According to a police report, another 40 demonstrations were called across France, and another 5,000 people in the city of Lyon.
– Children and the streets of Berlin –
In Berlin and Düsseldorf, thousands of people marched in solidarity with the Palestinians.
Many protesters came with their sons and sons.
“Stop the genocide” and “Ceasefire” written on banners and waving Palestinian flags.
German police estimated the crowd at 17,000 people in Düsseldorf and 9,000 in the capital, Berlin, where around 60 arrests were made, in addition to suspicions of hate speech.
Several symptoms that minimized the Holocaust were confiscated.
– ‘Down with America’ in Iran –
In Tehran, protesters rallied in front of the former U. S. embassy chanting “Down with America” and “Down with Israel. “
They set fire to an effigy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well as the American and Israeli flags in front of flag-waving crowds.
The protests are taking place as part of the Islamic Republic’s “Day of Struggle Against Global Arrogance. “
Nov. 4 marks the day the Iranians attacked the U. S. embassy in 1979 and took U. S. diplomats hostage, which lasted four four days.
Iran, which backs Hamas, called Israel’s bombardment of Gaza a “genocide” and criticized Washington for its firmness toward Israel.
– Biden denounced in protest in Washington –
Thousands of protesters in Washington, the U. S. capital, have called for a ceasefire in Gaza, with some criticizing President Joe Biden’s support for Israel.
It is the largest protest in Washington since the standoff between Israel and Hamas began on Oct. 7.
“It’s a massacre, a genocide. . . a stain on our history, and as a citizen I can’t accept my tax dollars reversing this,” said Amanda Eisenhour, 24, of Virginia.
– Pakistani investors by the numbers –
In Afghanistan, Pakistani shopkeepers took to the streets in large numbers waving Palestinian flags and banners reading “Save Gaza. “
– Senegal too –
In front of the Grand Mosque in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, about 200 more Palestinians gathered.
“I’m here as an Arab or a Muslim,” Farida Samane said. I’m here as a human. “
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Originally, thousands of people marched in Europe and Iran to protest for the Palestinians.