Hundreds march for an end to Gaza genocide in Santiago, Chile
Hundreds of people participated in a ‘Las Ollas Vacias’ empty pots protest against Israel’s war on Gaza in Santiago on Saturday
Thousands protest in Istanbul against Israeli atrocities in Gaza
Thousands gathered in the Turkish city, marching from Beyazit Square to Hagia Sofia mosque to show their support for the Palestinian people, reported Al Jazeera’s Sinem Koseoglu from the rally.
The protesters hope they “will put some pressure on the international community and the UN Security Council to take more solid steps against Israel to stop its aggression”, said Koseoglu.
Dursun Kiziltan, one of the protesters, said he was outraged that “this atrocity [in Gaza] is being committed right before the world’s eyes.
“The so-called civilised world remains silent. A world that worries about three whales trapped in the ocean says nothing as thousands of people are victimised and left to die of hunger,” he said.
Norwegians call for divestment from Israel at protest in Oslo
The protest came as the Norwegian government on Tuesday said it would review its sovereign wealth fund’s investment in Israel. The government’s announcement came after Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten revealed the Norwegian fund invested in Bet Shemesh Engines Ltd, which provides parts to Israeli fighter jets.
74-year-old woman arrested for wearing Palestine Action T-shirt released
A 74-year-old woman arrested in Belfast for wearing a Palestine Action T-shirt during an antiracism demonstration has been freed, police said. She was arrested on Saturday in the city’s Linenhall Street area on suspicion of possessing an item that “indicates support for a proscribed organisation”.
The British government has banned Palestine Action by making membership or expressions of support for the group a criminal offence under “terrorism” legislation. Since its establishment in 2020, the UK-based campaign group has carried out hundreds of protests at companies linked to Israeli military operations.
In London the same day, police arrested 466 people at a protest in Parliament Square for allegedly backing the banned group. The ban on the campaign group has been criticised by civil society as “illegitimate and unethical”. Rights group Amnesty called the move an “unprecedented legal overreach”.
Footage from Belfast shared online shows officers telling the woman she was being arrested for wearing the T-shirt. Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland director for Amnesty International UK, called the arrest “outrageous”, saying: “Peaceful protest is a basic human right.”
Pro-Palestine activists, including Greta Thunberg, bring Gaza solidarity to music festival
British singer Sam Fender invited a group of pro-Palestinian campaigners – among them Swedish activist Greta Thunberg – on stage during a music festival in Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen, yesterday.
Waving Palestinian flags, the group called out Israel for using “starvation as a weapon of war” and attacking people trying to get food.
“The world is watching,” said Thunberg, who was recently among 12 activists arrested by Israel while sailing on a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid ship, before being deported. She then led the crowd in chants of “Free, free Palestine”.
