A protester sets himself on fire in front of the White House // In some demonstrations there were arrests and police repression
▲ Italian police and protesters clash during a march in support of the Palestinian people in Rome.Photo Ap
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La Jornada Newspaper
Sunday, October 6, 2024, p. 17
London. Tens of thousands of protesters marched yesterday in cities around the world, such as London, Paris, Madrid, Caracas, Santiago and Cape Town, among others, in order to demand a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon, on the occasion of the first anniversary of the war between Israel and Hamas, which takes place on October 7.
In the United States, a man set himself on fire in the pro-Palestinian protest in front of the White House. The newspaper Washington Post reported that the protester claimed to be a journalist and pleaded guilty to having spread misinformation about the crisis in the Middle East.
The Reuters agency released a photo in which the subject is seen being helped by other assistants who put out the fire on his arm using their kufiyas (traditional Palestinian scarves).
Cease fire now!, From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free! either Hands off Lebanonshouted hundreds of activists in London, who came from all over the country carrying banners and Palestinian and Lebanese flags.
The protest in the British capital, which was led, among other figures, by former Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn (now independent) and former Scottish Prime Minister Humza Yousaf, brought together around 40,000 people. We need a cessation of hostilities, a ceasefire now. How many more innocent Palestinians or Lebanese must die?asked Sophia Thomson, 27, who attended the march with her friends.
During the mobilization, altercations were reported after police officers pushed some activists who tried to jump a public security cordon. Two people were arrested, the London Metropolitan Authority reported.
In Paris, Lebanese-French protester Houssam Houssein said: We fear a regional war, because at the moment there are tensions with Iran, and perhaps with Iraq and Yemen (…) We need to stop the war because it has now become unbearable.
Israel supporters in Berlin protested against the rise of anti-Semitism, in a mass mobilization in which there were clashes between officers and pro-Palestinian protesters; Authorities detailed that they arrested 26 people who hurled insults at a pro-Israel march.
Under the motto: It’s not a war, it’s a genocideup to 5 thousand people demonstrated in Madrid (according to authorities) to ask for a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon, in a rally called by the Solidarity Network Against the Occupation of Palestine (Rescop) and representatives of the world of culture both in the capital as in about 50 municipalities in Spain.
In Rome, about 6,000 protesters gathered in the city center, despite a ban imposed by local authorities. Liberate Palestine. Liberate Lebanonshouted those present. The activism was repressed with water cannons and tear gas, at least 30 law enforcement officers and three protesters were injured in the clashes, local news media reported.
In Caracas, thousands of citizens, summoned by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, marched yesterday to the United Nations headquarters in this capital in order to express their solidarity with the people of Palestine and Lebanon.
Today is the global action in favor of Palestine, in favor of Lebanon, against the genocidal actions of Israelsaid the vice chancellor for Latin America of the Ministry of Popular Power for Foreign Relations, Rander Peña.
The Jerusalem Post reported that on Saturday night there were mobilizations in the main cities of Israel, with the purpose of demanding the government do more to accept a hostage release agreement.
Attendees gathered in the cities of Beersheba, Caesarea, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, where they were stationed in front of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s house.