Thousands participate at pro-Palestinian demonstration in Rotterdam

Around six to seven thousand people participated in a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Rotterdam on Sunday, the police told an ANP reporter at the scene. The demonstration started at 2 p.m. at the Binnenrotte and was directed "against the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians".

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Various organizers, including Centrum de Middenweg and the Rotterdam Palestine Coalition (RPC), want the demonstration to draw attention to "the heartbreaking humanitarian crisis in Palestine". There will also be a march through the streets of Rotterdam.

A pro-Palestinian demonstration organized by NL4Palestine took place on Dam Square in Amsterdam on Saturday. The demonstration aimed to call for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, where Israel and Hamas are at war. After the demonstration, people marched to Westerpark. Between 10,000 and 20,000 people attended the demonstration.