More than 1500 people demonstrate for Palestine in Geneva
Published: Saturday, Jun 8th 2024, 19:50
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More than 1500 people gathered in Geneva on Saturday for a solidarity rally for Palestine. They denounced what they saw as "genocide in Gaza" and Switzerland's alleged complicity.
The rally was organized by the BDS movement. The abbreviation stands for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel. The demand applies until the end of the so-called apartheid and occupation of Palestine.
The demonstration in Geneva started at the Place de la Navigation and moved without incident to the Parc des Cropettes.
The demonstrators shouted: "Israel is murdering the children of Palestine!", "Israel, get lost, Palestine is not yours!" or "The only solution: end the occupation!". A large Palestinian flag, carried by a dozen people, was in the middle of the procession.
Pro-Palestinian circles in Geneva are repeatedly mobilizing for demonstrations. On the Palestinian side, more than 36,000 people have died in the Israeli counter-offensive in the Gaza Strip so far, according to figures from the Ministry of Health of the Gaza government led by the militant Islamist Hamas.
However, it all began with the attack by Hamas terror squads from the Gaza Strip on Israeli villages on October 7 last year. The Palestinian attackers massacred parts of the Jewish population, raped women and kidnapped more than 200 people, some of whom they then held hostage and some of whom they are still holding. According to Israeli figures, around 1,200 people were killed in the Hamas massacre in Israel.
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