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Pro-Palestine rallies held in London, New York
“Israel has been occupying so many years, and killed so many people,” Steve, a 31-year-old protester, told Anadolu news agency, criticizing the international community for not doing enough.
“So the only way we can do is to make our voices heard.”
In the US, demonstrators took to the streets of New York to demand end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The protest resulted in numerous arrests as dozens of marchers marched through midtown Manhattan calling for an end to the violence.
The nearly daily pro-Palestinian protests in New York and other cities against the war in Gaza have caught many politicians and police officials off guard in the growing support the movement has gathered.
In Germany’s capital, Berlin, police interrupted and cancelled a pro-Palestinian conference less than an hour after it started on Friday, citing concerns about anti-Semitic statements. Officers initially halted the congress because one of the speakers was subject to a ban on political activity in Germany, police wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
Police did not give the name of the speaker, but participants in the congress wrote on X that it was Palestinian researcher Salman Abu Sitta.
Police then later wrote on X that they had banned the remainder of the conference, which was due to last until Sunday.
Berlin police on Friday said they had dispatched 930 officers, including reinforcements from other regions of Germany, to secure the event.
On the congress website, the organizers denounce “Israeli apartheid and genocide” and accuse Germany of “being complicit”. The organizers on Friday wrote in a Telegram post that Ghassan Abu Sittah, a Palestinian doctor specializing in plastic and reconstructive surgery, had been denied entry into Germany to attend the conference.
The outbreak of the war in Gaza has roiled Germany, where Berlin’s staunch backing for Israel has prompted protests that pro-Palestinian voices are being marginalized.