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Hundreds of thousands of people dressed in red marched through the streets of The Hague on Sunday to demand more action against the "genocide" in Gaza.

NGOs such as Amnesty International, Save the Children, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), and Oxfam organized the demonstration, which ran through the city to the International Court of Justice. The protesters were all dressed in red, creating a "red line".

Organisers described it as the country's largest demonstration in two decades. Many waving Palestinian flags and some chanting "Stop the Genocide", the demonstrators turned a central park in the city into a sea of red on a sunny afternoon.

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[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago

That's a protest that might actually accomplish something.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago

Why We're Organizing No Kings Protests on Saturday--A king is only a king if we bow down

For the would-be dictator, success depends on projecting power and creating an aura of inevitability. They need you to believe that Trump is the new normal, that the MAGA movement will be in power for the long haul, that the only rational move is to go along, keep your head down, and protect your own interests.

In short, it requires a countless number of people in a countless number of places to do something that the Trump regime doesn’t want them to do, or to NOT do something the Trump regime wants them to do. That’s how we shake off the aura of inevitability and halt the autocratic breakthrough.

For that to happen, people need to feel like we’re part of something bigger. We need to understand that we’re part of a movement. We need to feel like we will win.

https://www.howwefightback.com/p/why-were-organizing-no-kings-protests

[-] burgerchurgarr@lemmus.org 6 points 1 week ago

How? We’ve been doing this for almost 2 years and the genocide is still ongoing

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Protesting the wrong people. If the Hague enacts war crimes tribunals, takes Netanyahu and all of Likud into custody, it ends.

[-] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Actually arrest him?

[-] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Ahh but you see, if the world's leaders sit idly by for another few years until there aren't any Palestinian people left, they'll be able to say "look the genocide has ended, we did it!". All without having to even lift a finger to write a mildly worded letter.

[-] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago

There's a video around of a drone covering the length of the group, it took it like a minute of flying straight through to cover (what that video said) was around 150,000 people. Wonderful to see.

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 10 points 1 week ago

Faux News: "the world's largest collection of antisemites gathered around the Hague to demand the death of all Jewish people! Stay tuned to hear why they hate you specifically and want your family dead!"

[-] Jerb322@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago

Im sorry, marched around the what?

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