Global rallies demand end to Israel’s war on Gaza and unrestricted aid

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators person held rallies and marches successful cities astir the satellite successful solidarity with Palestinians successful Gaza, demanding an extremity to Israeli attacks connected the besieged and bombarded enclave arsenic Israel-imposed starvation engulfs the full population.

In London, the Metropolitan Police said it arrested more than 466 people astatine a protestation connected Saturday against the British government’s determination to prohibition the radical Palestine Action.

British lawmakers proscribed Palestine Action nether anti-terrorism authorities successful July aft immoderate of its members broke into a Royal Air Force basal and damaged planes arsenic portion of a bid of protests. The radical accuses the UK authorities of complicity successful what it calls Israeli warfare crimes successful Gaza.

Protesters, immoderate wearing black-and-white Palestinian scarves and waving Palestinian flags, chanted, “Hands disconnected Gaza” and held placards with the connection “I reason genocide. I enactment Palestine Action.”

In Turkiye’s Istanbul, thousands of protesters demanded much assistance beryllium allowed into the Strip, with organisers calling connected the planetary assemblage to instrumentality urgent enactment to extremity the humanitarian crisis.

Many besides took to the streets successful Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to protestation against the blockade and Western enactment for Israel, demanding the contiguous and unrestricted transportation of assistance into Gaza.

Several pro-Palestine rallies were besides held crossed Spain, including successful the capital, Madrid, to protestation Israeli attacks and the starvation successful the enclave. Carrying Palestinian flags, protesters shouted, “End to genocide”.

In Switzerland’s Geneva, thousands gathered astatine the Jardin Anglais to protestation against famine and malnutrition-related deaths successful Gaza resulting from the Israeli blockade. The assemblage staged a sit-in, shouting successful English, French and Arabic to request an extremity to planetary enactment for Israel’s oppression of Palestinians.

Large rallies showing enactment for those suffering successful Gaza person besides been held successful the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur.