Thousands around the world protest Middle East war

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Thousands around the world protest Middle East war

Thousands of protesters are taking to the streets in major cities around the world demanding an end to bloodshed in Gaza and the wider Middle East ahead of the first anniversary of the deadly ****** ******* on *******.

About 40,000 pro-************ demonstrators marched through central London, while thousands gathered in Paris, Rome, Manila, Cape Town and New York City.

Demonstrations were also held near the White House in Washington to protest US support for ******* in military campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon.

Protesters at New York’s Times Square chanted slogans including: “Gaza, Lebanon you will rise, the people are by your side.”

They held banners demanding an arms embargo against *******.

The war in Gaza was triggered when ************ ****** militants attacked southern ******* on October 7, 2023, ******** 1200 people and taking about 250 as hostages, according to ******** tallies.

*******’s subsequent military ******** on Gaza has ******* almost 42,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s health ministry.

It has ***** waste to the enclave, displacing almost all of the 2.3 million population and causing a hunger crisis.

In Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, the world’s most populous *******-majority country, at least 1000 pro-************ protesters gathered on Sunday morning near the US embassy demanding that Washington stop supplying weapons to *******.

More protests were planned in several cities on Sunday.

In London on Saturday, counter-demonstrators waved ******** flags as pro-************ marchers walked by.

There were 15 arrests on the sidelines of the protests, according to police, who did not specify whether those detained were from either group.

In Rome, police fired tear gas and water cannons after clashes broke out.

About 6000 protesters defied a ban to march in the city centre ahead of the October 7 anniversary.

In Berlin, a protest drew about 1000 demonstrators with ************ flags, who chanted: “One Year of Genocide”.

The war in Gaza has led to genocide allegations against ******* at the World Court, which ******* denies.

******* demonstrators also criticised what they called police ********* against pro-************ protesters.

******* supporters in Berlin protested against rising anti-Semitism.

Scuffles broke out between police and pro-************ protesters.

During the past year, the scale of the ******** and destruction in Gaza has drawn some of the biggest global demonstrations in years, including in the US, where there were weeks of pro-************ college campus encampments.

Advocates have raised concerns over anti-Semitic and Islamophobic rhetoric in some protests and counter-protests related to the conflict.

Rights advocates have warned about rising threats against Muslims and Jews around the world.

The US and other allies have supported *******’s right to self-defence, but ******* has faced wide international condemnation over its actions in Gaza, and now over its bombarding of Lebanon.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his government is acting to prevent a repeat of the October 7 ******** by ******.

The war in Gaza has spread through the region, drawing in Iran-backed groups in Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq.

******* has sharply escalated a campaign in recent weeks in Lebanon.

Iran launched a barrage of missiles against ******* this week to which ******* has not yet responded.

“We ***** a regional war, because there are tensions with Iran at the moment, and perhaps with Iraq and Yemen,” Lebanese-French protester Houssam Houssein said in Paris.

“We really need to stop the war because it’s now become unbearable.”

In Manila, activists clashed with anti-riot police after they were blocked from holding a demonstration in front of the US embassy in the Philippine capital against Washington’s support for *******.

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