{"id":296233,"date":"2024-10-07T07:35:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T07:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=296233"},"modified":"2024-10-08T07:18:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T07:18:21","slug":"hundreds-of-thousands-march-in-london-demanding-end-to-gaza-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=296233","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of thousands march in London, demanding end to Gaza genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Middle East Eye \u2013 Oct 5, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Hundreds of thousands of pro-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/countries\/palestine\">Palestinian<\/a> demonstrators marched through central London, calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/countries\/israel\">Israeli<\/a>-led escalation across the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters filled the main streets of London, gathering outside Downing Street, the residence of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.<\/p>\n<p>Organized by groups such as the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PCS), participants traveled from across the country to join the event. Organizers said an estimated <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PSCupdates\/status\/1842574718551101919\">300,000 people<\/a> came out on the streets.<\/p>\n<p>Although the rally remained largely peaceful, the Metropolitan Police reported 17 arrests during the demonstration.<\/p>\n<p>Former First Minister of Scotland, Humza Yousaf, participated to highlight the deaths of Palestinians in Gaza. Speaking to Sky News, Yousaf condemned Israel&#8217;s ongoing attacks in Gaza and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/countries\/lebanon\">Lebanon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe attacks in Lebanon are being condemned by the United Nations,&#8221; Yousaf stated. He emphasized, \u201cWhat we\u2019re seeing here is not about being pro-Arab, pro-Muslim, or pro-Palestinian. It\u2019s about being pro-humanity. We demand that people are held accountable under international law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Protesters blocked main roads, holding signs that read: \u201cShame on those who looked away from the sadistic genocide of mainly children in Gaza and the West Bank.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many demonstrators criticized the new Labour government led by Starmer, displaying posters that read, &#8220;Starmer has blood on his hands.&#8221; Others waved Lebanese and Iranian flags, carrying banners that proclaimed \u201cwe do not stand with genocide\u201d and \u201cZionism is racism,\u201d while many chanted \u201cfree, free Palestine.\u201d<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Condemning the actions of the Netanyahu Government is not anti-Semitic.<\/p>\n<p>Those on rallies up and down the country aren&#8217;t pro-Arab, or simply pro-Palestinian, but pro-humanity.<\/p>\n<p>When tens of thousands of children are being slaughtered, how can you justify silence and inaction? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Emx4pM5oYS\">pic.twitter.com\/Emx4pM5oYS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Humza Yousaf (@HumzaYousaf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HumzaYousaf\/status\/1842593856623411222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>With thousands continuing to attend PSC marches approximately every three weeks, both the campaign group and the Metropolitan Police acknowledge that this is the largest protest movement in recent British history, surpassing even the historic 2003 anti-Iraq war demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with The Guardian, Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist noted that the past year has marked \u201cthe busiest period in terms of protests that we\u2019ve ever had,\u201d with major demonstrations occurring at a much higher frequency than previously observed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition to the [pro-Palestinian] marches, we are now seeing counter-protests, as well as a rise in what I would call cultural nationalists, or what some might characterize as right-wing groups, which have also increased resource demands,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are concerned about the widening and deepening of the conflict and its implications for this country, particularly for London, across a range of issues. Our planning assumption is that these protests will continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Metropolitan Police has organized its response to all protests related to the Israel-Gaza war under the codename \u201cOperation Brocks,\u201d which has thus far cost \u00a346.8 million and involved 60,000 shifts by local officers and 9,600 shifts from forces outside London<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Global pro-Palestinian protests<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In Cape Town, South Africa, hundreds marched to parliament, chanting &#8220;Israel is a racist state&#8221; and &#8220;We are all Palestinian,&#8221; according to AFP. Pro-Gaza marches were also planned in Johannesburg and Durban on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>In France, hundreds of people took to the streets in Paris, Lyon, Toulouse, and Strasbourg to show solidarity with the Palestinians, as noted by AFP journalists.<\/p>\n<p>Several thousand gathered in Basel, Switzerland, for a pro-Palestinian demonstration, calling for a ceasefire, economic sanctions on Israel, and an end to Swiss scientific collaboration with the country, as reported by the Keystone-ATS news agency.<\/p>\n<p>Additional pro-Palestinian protests were scheduled over the weekend and on Monday in cities including New York, Sydney, Buenos Aires, Madrid, Manila, and Karachi.<\/p>\n<p>This protest comes nearly a year after the start of Israel&#8217;s war on Gaza, which began on 7 October, 2023, following Hamas\u2019s multi-pronged offensive into southern Israel.<\/p>\n<p>In a series of attacks on Israeli military installations and civilian areas, more than 1,100 Israeli soldiers, security personnel, and civilians were killed, most by Hamas and other Palestinians, with many deaths also resulting from Israel&#8217;s Hannibal directive.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, 250 Israeli soldiers and civilians were taken captive and held in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Israel has killed more than 42,000 Palestinians, the vast majority of whom are women and children.<\/p>\n<p>The Lebanese health\u00a0ministry also reported that since 8 October of last year, ongoing Israeli attacks have resulted in 2,036 deaths and 9,653 injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Since October 2023, at least 77 healthcare workers have been killed while on duty, with nearly a third of these deaths occurring within just 24 hours between 2 and 3 of October 2024, according to the UN&#8217;s World Health Organization.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/tens-thousands-pro-palestinian-demonstrators-march-london-call-gaza-ceasefire\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protesters took to the streets in cities across the planet this weekend in a show of support for Palestine. One of the biggest demonstrations was in London, where an estimated 300,000 participated. Although you wouldn\u2019t know that from the mainstream media, which reported the event but failed to elaborate on the numbers involved. Almost as if they were trying to minimise the public\u2019s opposition to Israel\u2019s actions <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":296235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[118,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-7-10-gaza-war","category-Israel_Anti-Semitism_Zionism_and_US-UK_allies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=296233"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296270,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296233\/revisions\/296270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/296235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=296233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=296233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=296233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}