1/20/2024–|Last updated: 1/20/202409:29 PM (Mecca time)
Several European countries witnessed massive demonstrations in solidarity with the Gaza Strip and calling for an end to the Israeli aggression against the Strip that has been ongoing since the seventh of last October, which claimed the lives of more than 24,000 martyrs and more than 62,000 wounded, most of whom were children and women.
The Palestinian journalist residing in Berlin, Majed Al-Zeer, said that the demonstrations that took place today in the German capital, Berlin, have been continuing for 105 consecutive days in victory for the Palestinian right, and 19 other demonstrations were also launched throughout Germany, as well as in most European countries, in denunciation of the European policy towards the aggression against the Gaza Strip. Gaza.
Al-Zeer added – in exclusive statements to Tel Aviv Tribune Net – that the German authorities are restricting the demonstrators in various forms, even preventing major landmarks related to the Palestinian national identity, without relying on legal decisions.
The coordinator of the demonstration in Berlin, Ibrahim Ibrahim, stated that the German police prevented the raising of the historical map of Palestine, and also prevented chants that included expressions of the Palestinians of 1948, in an attempt to obscure Palestinian history and the Palestinian narrative after the Israeli occupation of the country.
Regarding the goals of these demonstrations, Al-Zeer explained that they are “a message to our people and people in the Gaza Strip, and that they are support for the Palestinian grievance, and support for the blood of the martyrs and the wounded, and that they will continue until the siege is lifted, the aggression stops, aid enters, and the occupation ends.”
Al-Zeer added that these demonstrations represent an unprecedented event in all of Europe. At the same time, dozens of demonstrations are taking place in most European cities. In Spain alone, about 150 cities are witnessing demonstrations in support of the Palestinians, as well as in Sweden, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, and Greece, with their diversity of customs and cultures. And ages.
Spain
The number of cities demonstrating today reached 115, as thousands of people demonstrated in Madrid and other Spanish cities, carrying Palestinian flags and chanting anti-Israel slogans, and demanding “to stop the genocide in Palestine.”
During the demonstrations, Podemos party leader Ione Pillara called on the Spanish government to support the lawsuit filed by South Africa against Israel.
Germany
19 German cities witnessed demonstrations in support of Gaza and denouncing the Israeli aggression against it. The participants demanded an end to the aggression against Gaza.
France
The demonstrators in Place de la République in Paris expressed their support for South Africa’s initiative to prosecute the occupation before the International Court of Justice.
The demonstrators raised slogans demanding the lifting of the siege on Gaza and the delivery of relief aid, food and medicine to the residents of the Strip, denouncing what they considered to be complicity by Western governments with Israel and a clear lack of support for the Palestinian people.
Britain
Demonstrations spread across 40 cities in Britain to demand a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and an end to the Israeli aggression against the Strip.
Denmark
There were massive demonstrations in solidarity with Gaza and calling for an end to the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.
Milan
The Italian city witnessed a massive march denouncing the continuation of the war on Gaza, and demanding an immediate ceasefire.
The protesters raised Palestinian flags and banners denouncing the Israeli aggression, and called on the Italian government to sever relations with the occupation.