Pro-Palestine protests across the US condemn Israeli aggression
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Support for Palestine rallies demanding the US government to cease its support for "Israel" have sprouted nationwide in the United States amid a brutal Israeli aggression on Gaza.
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Pro-Palestine protest reaffirming resistance is a right in Chicago, US, on October 11, 2023. (Social Media)
Hundreds of pro-Palestine demonstrators gathered in Washington, D.C., as well as across several US cities, in a show of support for Palestine and denounced "Israel".
For the fourth day in a row, many North American cities witnessed demonstrations in which banners were raised and slogans were chanted demanding the US administration waive aid to "Israel" amid the ongoing brutal Israeli aggression on the Gaza strip.
Palestinian supporters in Washington, DC held a rally in solidarity with Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip 🇵🇸. #Israel | #Gaza | #Palestine | #Mossad #IsraelPalestineWar | #Hezbollah #Isreal #Palestine #Hamas #Lebanon #Israel #GazaUnderAttack #HamasAttacks | #طوفان_الاقصى pic.twitter.com/mkUqTmTFhL
— Maria (@highhmaria) October 10, 2023
In the city of Chicago, Jewish protesters affirmed the Palestinian people's right to resist occupation and denounced the government's claim that they were terrorists. Protestors also demanded the complete liberation of Palestine and Palestinian prisoners, urging the US government to end its support for "Israel".
PHOTOS: Hundreds of demonstrators marched in Chicago, in support of Palestine and against Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. Conflict between Hamas, and Israel erupted last week resulting in hundreds of civilian deaths in both Gaza and Israel. pic.twitter.com/n1HU3vMvf3
— Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere (@TylerLaRiviere) October 12, 2023
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International solidarity with Gaza and Palestinian resistance
Demonstrations in solidarity with Gaza were held in several Arab and European countries.
In support of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, launched by the Palestinian resistance last Saturday, supportive rallies were organized in Damascus, where Syrians came out in solidarity with Palestinians and their right to defend their land.
The Syrian Student Union organized solidarity and support demonstrations at the universities in Damascus, Aleppo, Tishreen University in Latakia, Baath University in Homs Hama and Tartous, and the Euphrates University in Latakia, with the participation of tens of thousands of Syrian students.
The participants emphasized their solidarity with the Palestinian cause, the goal, and the path, praising the "achievements of the resistance in Operation Al-Aqsa Flood," calling on the Arab world to support the resistance.
طلبة سوريا في جامعة دمشق يتضامنون مع المقا،،ومة.#غزة_تحت_القصف #طوفان_القدس #طوفان_الاقصى_ pic.twitter.com/sy2pX5HJwJ
— حسين معله (@yarby2021) October 11, 2023
Similarly, the Student Union branch at Aleppo University organized a solidarity demonstration with Gaza under the banner: "Salutes to the heroic Palestinian resistance's victory."
Amman witnessed the largest demonstration in the city's history as thousands of protesters chanted loudly and angrily in support of the Palestinian resistance and Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.
Additionally, public school students in Tunisia organized massive rallies in support of Gaza and the Palestinian resistance.
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