Tens of thousands rally in Dutch protest for Gaza
- “More than 150,000 people here dressed in red — and a clear majority of the Dutch population — just want concrete sanctions to stop the genocide in Gaza,” said Michiel Servaes, director of Oxfam Novib
- Rights groups such as Amnesty International and Oxfam organize massive demonstration
Tens of thousands of people dressed in red marched through the streets of The Hague on Sunday to demand more action from the Dutch government against what they termed a “genocide” in Gaza.
Rights groups such as Amnesty International and Oxfam organized the demonstration to the International Court of Justice through the city, creating a so-called “red line.” With many waving Palestinian flags and some chanting “Stop the Genocide,” the demonstrators turned a central park in the city into a sea of red on a sunny afternoon.
One of the organizing groups, Oxfam Novib, estimated that 150,000 people participated in the march. Dutch police generally do not give estimates of demonstration turnouts. Protesters brandished banners reading “Don’t look away, do something,” “Stop Dutch complicity,” and “Be silent when kids sleep, not when they die.”
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Tens of thousands rally for Gaza in Netherlands, Belgium
In Brussels, where protesters were also calling for action from the EU, turnout was estimated at 110,000 by organisers and 75,000 by police.
Among the participants are Mandla Mandela, tribal chief of South Africa’s Mvezo Traditional Council and grandson of Nelson Mandela, Dr. Hicham El Ghaoui, who has participated in three medical missions in Gaza since the war began, and Manuel Patial, one of three Spanish participants on board the Mavi Marmara flotilla in 2010 when Israeli forces attacked and boarded the vessel, killing 10 activists.
In Brussels, many families were seen taking part, with the crowd yelling "Free free Palestine!" and aiming invective at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. A large sign noted that Netanyahu was "Wanted for Crimes Against Humanity", referring to an ICJ warrant out against him.
In Paris on Sunday, meanwhile, a dozen protesters began a march to Brussels to demand EU sanctions on Israel. The group, which includes a French actress, Corinne Masiero, wants the European Union "to hear the voice of civil society reminding it of its duties", said Nathalie Tehio, head of the NGO Human Rights League.
The marchers want EU officials to meet with them on June 23, when a regular meeting of the bloc's foreign ministers is to be held.
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Thousands of protesters march through the streets of Montreal in support of Gaza
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Several thousand demonstrators gathered on Saturday afternoon in the streets of the city centre to denounce the “numerous red lines crossed by Israel in Gaza.
They were responding to a call from more than 50 organizations, which invited the public to dress in red and join a march denouncing the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and calling on the Canadian government to increase pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to reach a ceasefire.
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“The march is to highlight the red line (...) crossed by Israel by committing serious violations of international humanitarian law, using hunger as a weapon of war, bombing civilians and forcibly displacing them,’ explained Béatrice Vaugrante, executive director of Oxfam-Québec, which oversaw the organization of the demonstration.
“There are no words to describe the situation of the people currently in Gaza,” said Mélanie Jomphe, human resources manager in Gaza for Doctor Without Borders. She recounts having worked in Gaza for five months at the Deir al-Balah field hospital.
Jomphe said she witnessed “systematic attacks by the Israeli authorities on the living conditions of Palestinians.” “People are in situations where they have practically no food and virtually no access to drinking water.”
According to Vaugrante, there are nearly 180,000 pallets of humanitarian aid—food, water purification tablets, and menstrual products— “waiting to be distributed by Oxfam to the population.” The last food shipment distributed by the organization was on April 20, Vaugrante said, emphasizing the urgency of allowing more humanitarian aid into Gaza.
“We are witnessing a genocide being broadcast live before our eyes,” said Julie Guernier, a protester at the march. “I hope that, later on, decision-makers will not have any remorse or regret about their inaction at this time.”
Among the organizations that took part in the demonstration were Doctors Without Borders, Amnesty International Canada Francophone, the Quebec Women’s Federation and Mères au Front.
