Hundreds attend pro-Palestine rally in Washington, DC against Gaza war
About 400 pro-Palestine supporters rallied on the National Mall. There were calls in support of Palestinian rights and an immediate end to Israeli military operations in Gaza.
“No peace on stolen land” and “End the killings, stop the crime/Israel out of Palestine” echoed through the crowd.
Protesters also focused their anger on US President Biden, whom they accused of feigning concern over the death toll in Gaza. “Biden Biden, you will see, genocide’s your legacy,” they said.
Antiwar demonstrators at the National Mall in Washington, DC on Saturday
Police beat and arrest pro-Palestinian protesters in New York
New York police have beaten and arrested several protesters at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Brooklyn, according to witnesses.
Freelance journalist Katie Smith, who filmed the protest, told Al Jazeera that the crackdown came as protesters gathered in Bay Ridge, a predominantly Palestinian- and Yemeni-American neighbourhood in Brooklyn.
“NYPD came in from a side street and started grabbing people at random,” said Smith. “Officers were beating them, punching them in their upper body around their head.” The New York Post said at least 12 people were arrested.
Pro-Palestinian protesters take to streets in Germany, Italy
The videos below shows large numbers of protesters shouting “Free, free Palestine” and “Down with the occupation” in the streets of Dusseldorf in western Germany.
In Italy’s Milan, demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and shouted slogans against the war on Gaza.
تظاهرة حاشدة بمدينة دوسلدورف الألمانية نصرة لقطاع غزة في مواجهة العدوان الإسرائيلي#فيديو #حرب_غزة pic.twitter.com/X3GWuC0RbB
— الجزيرة فلسطين (@AJA_Palestine) May 18, 2024
Demonstrations commemorating Nakba in Germany, France
People attend a solidarity rally marking 76 years of the Nakba, or ‘catastrophe’, which led to the founding of Israel in 1948 in Berlin
A protester in Paris marks the Nakba, which led to the long-term displacement of a majority of the Palestinian people from their homeland
Police arrest antiwar protesters in Berlin
Germany, which has increased arms exports to Israel since October, has also repressed some pro-Palestinian voices.
