Hundreds of thousands of protesters call for an Israeli ceasefire across the globe
By Dana Kennedy
Published Oct. 28, 2023, 4:31 p.m. ET
Hundreds of thousands of people around the globe demanded a ceasefire in Gaza Saturday — with some calling for the eradication of Israel, chanting “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”
Demonstrators turned out from the United Kingdom and Paris, to Northern Ireland, Copenhagen, Rome, Stockholm, Malaysia and New Zealand.
“Stop arming Israel. Stop bombing Gaza. We are all Palestinian,” London marchers shouted.
More than 1,000 police officers were deployed in London to handle the crowds, and at least two people were arrested including one person who attacked a police officer, the Metropolitan Police said.
The officer was brought to the hospital and later shown with a bandaged head.
A second person arrested at the protest — which ostensibly called for peace — was accused of shouting “racial remarks” and taken into custody “on suspicion of … making threats to kill,” the police said on X.
Thousands staged a sit-in at London’s Waterloo station, demanding Israel end its bombardment of the Gaza Strip after Hamas terrorists slaughtered 1,400, including families and children during a surprise Oct. 7 attack. The Palestinian Health Ministry has said more than 6,000 have been killed in Gaza since the conflict began.
Images of London Bridge packed with pro-Palestinian protesters went viral on X.
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