Mapping Palestinian solidarity protests around the world
Te Tens of thousands of people from over 100 ci cities have participated in protests in solida darity with Palestinians. Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in citie ies around the world, from New York and Lo London to Cape Town and Auckland, demanding an end to deadly Israeli air raids on the Gaza Strip.The Israeli bombings on Gaza come after weeks of mounting tensions over the looming forced expulsion of Palestinian families from Sheikh Jarrah, a Palestinian neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem that Jewish settlers have been trying to expel them from for decades. The situation escalated when Israeli police stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City – the third-holiest site in Islam – and wounded hundreds of Palestinian worshippers during several days of violence. Protests broke out across the occupied territories and inside Israel. The Palestinian faction, Hamas, which governs Gaza, launched rockets towards Israel, after it missed a deadline to remove its forces from the mosque compound.
The map and list below show the locations where sizeable protests have occurred. More protests are planned throughout the week in several cities worldwide.
‘I ‘It’s genocide’: Protesters slam Isr rael, support Palestinians From From Amman Amman and Baghdad to London and Berlin, thousands gather across the world to protest Israeli attacks on Gaza. Protesters marched around the world in support of Palestinians amid the worst Israeli-Palestinian violence since the 2014 Gaza war. More than 170 Palestinians, including 47 children, have been killed after Israel launched air attacks on Gaza earlier this week. On Saturday, Israel targeted a refugee camp in Gaza where at least 10 Palestinians were killed.Protests took place in major cities around the world, including Doha, London, Paris and Madrid.
Iraq
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in cities across Iraq to stand in solidarity with Palestinians.The demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and banners across five provinces in rallies called for by influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.....