BRUSSELS (Dispatches) – Tens of thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators have taken to the streets in several European cities, including London, Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen and Amsterdam, and elsewhere.
Marches called for allowing aid into the besieged Gaza Strip and demanded a ceasefire, as they also commemorated the 48th anniversary of Land Day.
On Saturday afternoon, under the banner of “stop the war on Gaza”, thousands of Palestinians marched through the Palestinian town of Deir Hanna, one of the towns in the occupied territories where the most violent crackdown on protesters took place on 30 March 1976.
The London march started in Russell Square around midday and is planned to end at Trafalgar Square.
Former labour leader Jeremy Corbyn took part in the march, with several users posting videos of his participation on X, formerly Twitter.
Similar protests in different cities in Europe were organized to express solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.
Beyond Europe, protests were planned in Beirut, Rabat and Istanbul, in major U.S. cities, including New York, and also in Pakistan.
In Paris, the march started in the Place de la Republique and ended in the Place de la Bastille. Protesters raised Palestinian flags and banners calling on Israel to stop its massacres in Gaza, as they chanted pro-Palestine slogans.
In Amsterdam, demonstrators urged their government to push for holding the Zionist regime accountable for its crimes in Gaza. Additional marches were planned in other Dutch cities, including Rotterdam.
Thousands of Jordanians also protested Saturday near the Zionist regime’s embassy in Amman to show solidarity with the Gaza Strip, according to Anadolu.
For the seventh consecutive day, a demonstration took place in the square opposite the Kaluti Mosque in the Rabia area, within walking distance from the embassy headquarters.
The demands of protesters were consistent with previous days, as demonstrators chanted for the closure of the Israeli embassy and the cancellation of a so-called peace treaty with Tel Aviv.
Demonstrators praised Palestine and the resistance and demanded the opening of borders with the West Bank, chanting: “Remove the military from the borders … the borders of the West Bank.”
Banners with slogans, including, “The blood of martyrs asks my blood … How did you accept the peaceful solution?” and others condemning the Israeli carnage were carried by protesters.