Malaysians protest at defence expo over weapons companies supplying Israel
A placard is laid next to mock shrouded bodies of dead Palestinian children during a protest against arms manufacturers supplying weapons to Israel, outside the Defense Services Asia (DSA) and National Security Asia (NATSEC) 2024 expo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on May 7
Israeli protesters block busy highway in Tel Aviv
Family members of captives along with protesters calling for a ceasefire deal with Hamas that will secure the release of all the remaining people held in Gaza have blocked an interchange on Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv, according to Israeli media reports.
The protesters are carrying a banner reading “Save who can still [be saved]”.
From LA to Seoul, protesters call for ‘all eyes on Rafah’
Students occupy the street in front of the Sciences Po university building in Paris
Members of the group People in Solidarity with Palestinians hold signs during a rally outside the Israeli embassy in Seoul, South Korea
Oxford students urge university to acknowledge Israel’s war on Gaza as ‘genocide’
Students across the UK have set up encampments in solidarity with Palestinians and their fellow protesting students in the US and elsewhere.
Anna Serafeimidou, a first-year medical student at the University of Oxford, has called on the institution’s administration to label Israel’s war on Gaza a “genocide” and for it to divest from businesses that partner with Israel.
Support from lecturers and no arrests as Spanish students rally for Gaza
Huge Palestinian flags are hanging on campuses across Spain as thousands of students protest against Israel’s war in Gaza. Some classes have stopped this week as students demonstrate in Barcelona, Valencia, the Basque Country and Madrid.
Across Europe, similar sit-ins have taken place at universities in the Netherlands, France, the United Kingdom, Finland, Denmark and Germany, as young people join their United States peers who are facing a violent police response.
In Amsterdam, police arrested about 125 activists as they broke up a pro-Palestinian camp at the University of Amsterdam on Tuesday. But in Spain, a country that historically supports the Palestinian cause, police have so far not been involved in trying to break up the protests.
Students of the Complutense University of Madrid make flyers at a pro-Palestinian encampment
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