Hundreds Of Thousands March Across Europe In Support Of Palestinians

ISTANBUL (AP) – Hundreds of thousands of people in a few European cities on Sunday Palestinians and a Aid fleet Attempt to reach Gaza.

Istanbul has realized the largest of multiple demonstrations staged in Türkiye. Showing the crowds with iconic iconic Hagia Sophia The golden horn shores, where dozens of boats adorned with Turkish and Palestinian flags. After the noon prayers in front of the former Byzantine Cathedral, they called for Muslim solidarity with the Palestinians, now transformed into a mosque.

The protests were among the other planned in European cities on Sunday. Hamas’s 7 October 2023, attack In Israel, triggering the war in Gaza. According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, which is a part of the government operated by Hamas, Israel’s attacks killed more than 67,000 Palestinians.

Protesters in Ankara, the capital of Türkiye, held flags and banners condemning the “genocide” in Gaza. Recep Karabal from the Palestinian Support Platform, told the crowds in the northern city of Kirikkale, “This pressure, which began in 1948, has been going on for two years, turning into genocide,” he said.

Support to Palestinians is mostly common in Türkiye and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan leading critic Israel’s military operations in Gaza.

Religion The Netherlands gathered in Amsterdam to put pressure on the government to put a more challenging action against Israel, most of which were estimated, mostly dressed in red.

The protest on Sunday and the march over the Dutch capital comes less than four weeks before the national elections. Two “Red Lines” Demonstrations in Hague Earlier this year he attracted tens of thousands of people.

After packaging the Central Museum Square, protesters passed through the city center and kept Palestinian flags and peace emblems. A poster wrote, “He’s ashamed of the government.”

The Dutch government has long been a loyal supporter of Israel for a long time, but in recent months it has been more critical. Israel support increased. On Friday, Foreign Minister David Van Weel, Export license Send parts to Israel for a f-35 fighter aircraft.

Protester Marieke Van Zijl said, “Blood loss should stop. Unfortunately we have to stop here because we have an incredibly weak government that doesn’t dare to draw a red line. So we are here.

Marjon Rozema, an International Amnesty International Spokesman, one of the protest organizers, called for the use of “all economic and diplomatic tools to increase the pressure on Israel”.

Meanwhile, hundreds of people in the UK marched to Mark Hamas’s 2023 attack and mourned the victims of an attack on a synagogue in Manchester.

A crowd gathered outside the Manchester Cathedral, signs that want the release of hostages organized by Israel and England flags and Hamas.

A poster paid tribute to two people who died in the synagogue attack Yom kippurThe most sacred day of the Jewish year. He said, “Your courage will never be forgotten.” Attacker Was shot and killed by the police On Thursday, after the Heaton Park Hebrew community synagogue, after hitting a car into pedestrians and attacking with a knife.

Paris also saw that Hamas provided support for hostages organized. Hundreds of demonstrators, many of whom were swinging or covered in the Israeli flags, walked on the streets of the city, shouting, 20 release hostages, ılan

In Sofia, the Bulgarian capital, the demonstrators marched with signs like “Gaza: Hunger is a weapon of war” and “Gaza’s largest cemetery”.

Organizers, Bulgarian activist Vasil Dimitrov, including “the heroes of the global Sumud fleet” they want to pay tribute “, he said.

“Our society – and our world – must hear that we are standing with the Palestinian people, Protiver said Protiver Vallia.

Moroccan from all walks of life went to the streets of the capital Rabat to support the Palestinians in Gaza, many of which were wearing Arap Keffiyehs. Five years ago, a flag of Israel was burned in front of the march, which called for the kingdom to reverse the decision of the kingdom to normalize relations with Israel.

The protesters demanded the release of fleet activists, including the Moroccan human rights defender Aziz Ghali, in Israeli prison.

One day after the mass demonstrations in Spain, thousands of people made smaller walks in several cities, calling for “ending with genocide” and trade relations with Israel.

Both of them were among thousands of participants and the largest rallies in Santiago and Gijon, north of Spain. In Gijon, a group of women carrying white bundles symbolizing the bodies of children killed in Gaza.

Sunday demonstrations came a day after hundreds of thousands of people walked in a growing show in Rome, Barcelona and Madrid. Israel’s two -year military campaign in Gaza. Smaller rallies took place in Paris, Lisbon, Athens and Skopje, Northern Macedonia and In London and Manchester.

Hamas said he accepted Some elements of a plan US President Donald Trump was organized by Trump to end the war, Gaza’s largest city and mixed genocide charges Against Israel.

Related press writers Mike Corder, the Netherlands, John Leicester in Paris, Teresa Medrano in Madrid, Jill Medrano in London, Bulgaria, Rabat in Sofia, Samuel Metz in Morocco and Veselin Toshkov contributed to this report.