In accordance with Oxfam, almost 150,000 individuals within the Netherlands referred to as for the federal government to do extra towards the battle in Gaza.
Tens of 1000’s of pro-Palestine demonstrators gathered within the Netherlands to oppose Israel’s genocidal battle on Gaza and to name on the federal government to take a stronger stance, as almost 55,300 Palestinians have now been killed within the greater than 20-month-long battle.
On Saturday, big crowds of individuals marched by way of the streets of The Hague for the second time in 4 weeks in direction of the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice.
Rights teams, who had been among the many organisers of the rally, together with Amnesty Worldwide and Oxfam, stated the demonstration aimed to create a symbolic “pink line” that they are saying the federal government has did not set to halt Israel’s battle on Gaza and its Palestinian inhabitants.
Demonstrators sang, delivered speeches and marched previous the courthouse, which is listening to a case by South Africa accusing Israel of committing genocide throughout its battle on the besieged enclave.
Michiel Servaes, director of Oxfam Novib, stated “greater than 150,000 individuals” attended the protest calling for “concrete sanctions to cease the genocide in Gaza”.
Reporting from The Hague, Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen stated that the big turnout was proof that extra individuals within the Netherlands reject their authorities’s help for Israel.
“Whereas there may be a lot frustration in regards to the lack of motion, protesters right here say the main focus ought to stay on the persevering with genocide in Gaza regardless of Israel’s efforts to distract consideration,” Vaessen stated, including that protesters additionally referred to as for Israel to cease its assaults on Iran.
Prime Minister Dick Schoof stated that the “unprecedented” 1000’s of individuals in The Hague raised their voices with “issues, anger and frustration”.
“The Netherlands stays dedicated to stopping the violence and ending the humanitarian blockade. We’re continually how we will be simplest with our efforts, each in entrance of and behind the scenes, to enhance the scenario on the bottom,” Schoof wrote on X.
“To all these individuals in The Hague, I say: ‘We see you and we hear you.’ Our aim is finally the identical: to finish the struggling in Gaza as quickly as attainable,” he added.
Salih el Saddy, a medical physician protesting, instructed Al Jazeera that as a physician, it’s “very painful to observe” the scenes from Gaza.
Professional-Palestine protests additionally had been going down in Belgium, Turkiye, Brazil, and Greece, all calling for an instantaneous finish to the battle in Gaza.