Thousands march on Washington to demand ceasefire in Gaza
www.theguardian.com
Flyers indicate protesters came from as far as Florida, Minnesota, Texas and Wisconsin to protest war and US aid to Israel
  • intelshill@lemmy.ca
    OP
    274·
    1 year ago

    Ceasefire Now. Not tomorrow, not after the ICJ case, not after the Red Sea has been cleared. Now.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Thousands of marchers descended on Washington DC on Saturday to call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and to protest US aid to Israel, more than three months into an Israeli offensive against Hamas that is killing 250 Palestinians per day, according to the Oxfam charity.

    A similar, British event took place in London earlier in the day, attended by thousands including the giant, well-traveled Syrian puppet Little Amal, representing refugees and displaced people, only recently back from a high-profile visit to the US-Mexico border.

    One of the organizing groups in Washington, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said on Friday that they had sent a letter to the White House calling on the president to secure a “complete and verifiable ceasefire”, the release of all hostages in Gaza and political prisoners in Israel, and the termination of unconditional US financial and diplomatic support for the Israeli government.

    Among those addressing the crowd in Washington, by video link, was Al Jazeera journalist Wael al-Dahdouh, whose wife, daughter, two sons and a grandchild were killed by Israeli airstrikes.

    Speaking at the rally, Taher Herzallah, the director of outreach for American Muslims for Palestine, said the conflict in Gaza had given the people of the global south the clarity to “rise together in unison”.

    “Who would have known that the mighty people of Yemen would challenge the empires of the world,” he added, referring to the Houthi attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea that have led to two nights of retaliatory strikes by the US and UK.

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    • Francisco@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      “Who would have known that the mighty people of Yemen would challenge the empires of the world,” he added, referring to the Houthi attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea that have led to two nights of retaliatory strikes by the US and UK.

      This does not sound like somebody interested in promoting peace.