LONDON/PARIS — Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through London and other British cities on Saturday to protest against Israeli air strikes on the
Gaza Strip during its aggression on Gaza, Reuters reported.
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Protesters called for sanctions on Israel during the march in London. Some were draped in Palestinian flags and set off green and red smoke flares. Others carried banners declaring “
Free Palestine,” “Stop bombing Gaza,” and “Sanctions on Israel.”
Also on Saturday, as reported by AFP, several thousand marched in Paris and other French cities, also in support of Palestinians.
“A
ceasefire does not resolve the question. This fight concerns all those who are attached to the values of justice, dignity, and law,” said Bertrand Heilbronn, president of the France Palestine Solidarity Association which organised the Paris rally and other demonstrations.
The capital marchers shouted slogans such as “Palestine will live, Palestine will win,” “Israel assassin, Macron accomplice,” and “We are all Palestinians.”
The CGT trade union said up to 4,000 people attended the Paris rally.
“Even if the bombings have ended, the occupier is still there. The residents of Sheikh Jarrah are still facing the threat of expulsion and the Gaza Strip is blockaded,” said Wael, a 28-year-old marcher with a Palestinian flag draped around his shoulders.
Other protests were held in the eastern French city of Strasbourg, northern Lille and Toulouse and Montpellier in the south.
“Palestinians have a right to live in peace and have a state. Israel has deprived us of our rights and of our houses. I am Palestinian but I no longer have the right to go there, my family has lost everything,” said Imad Deaibis in Strasbourg.
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