Police assault pro-Palestine protesters rallying against 'Israel's' participation in Eurov

Hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters marched through the streets of Basel, Switzerland, on the evening of Saturday, May 17, denouncing "Israel's" participation in the Eurovision Song Contest final held across the city. Waving Palestine's flags and holding banners, demonstrators rallied in solidarity with Gaza, coinciding with the 77th anniversary of the Nakba, the 1948 Israeli occupation of Palestine. As the march approached a bridge over the Rhine leading to the city center, tensions flared when police intervened to block access to areas near the Eurovision venue and assaulted the protesters.