{"id":111294,"date":"2024-10-07T04:34:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T21:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111294"},"modified":"2024-10-07T04:34:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T21:34:50","slug":"pro-palestinian-and-pro-israeli-crowds-rally-across-the-world-on-the-eve-of-oct-7-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111294","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli crowds rally across the world on the eve of Oct. 7 anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>PARIS (AP) \u2014 Crowds were participating in pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli protests and memorial events across Europe, North Africa and Asia on Sunday on the eve of the first anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel. <\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s events followed <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mideast-israel-gaza-war-protests-rallies-propalestine-terror-alerts-b314ac9fc24ab91e3c0639405a15d5d0\">massive rallies that took place Saturday<\/a><\/span> in several European cities, including London, Berlin, Paris and Rome. Other events are scheduled through the week, with an expected peak on Monday, the date of the anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>At a march in Berlin, near the Brandenburg Gate, hundreds of pro-Israeli demonstrators set off up the famed Unter den Linden behind a banner that read \u201cAgainst all antisemitism,\u201d accompanied by a police escort.<\/p>\n<p>With many Israeli flags waving over head, some Jewish leaders led a song about \u201cshalom\u201d \u2014 peace \u2014 while marchers chanted \u201cFree Gaza from Hamas!\u201d and \u201cBring them home,\u201d referring to hostages still held in the Gaza Strip. <\/p>\n<p>Thousands gathered in Paris for a Jewish memorial event featuring speakers and artists paying tribute to those killed in the Oct. 7 attack and stand with those still in captivity. <\/p>\n<p>Ayelet Samerano, mother of Jonathan Samerano, who died after he was shot and kidnapped on Oct. 7 at the Supernova festival, said \u201cwe are a united people. Together we are strong &#8230; no enemy will bring us down. With this unity and strength, we will bring our loved ones home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In London, thousands gathered in Hyde Park in a similar memorial event. The crowds chanted \u201cBring them home\u201d and waved Israeli flags and placards with the faces of hostages still held by Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Around a thousand people gathered in Brazil\u2019s capital Brasilia for a pro-Israel demonstration, responding to a joint call from Israeli ambassador Daniel Zohar Zonshine and the Council of Evangelical Pastors in Brazil\u2019s Federal District.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrators in cars and motorbikes gathered at Television Tower in central Brasilia and then headed to the Ministries Esplanade, where they prayed for the victims of Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<h2>Massive protests<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, people took to the streets from Pakistan to Morocco in massive pro-Palestinian demonstrations. <\/p>\n<p>In Morocco\u2019s capital, Rabat, thousands marched by the parliament and called on the government to revoke its 2020 agreement formalizing the country\u2019s ties with Israel. <\/p>\n<p>Abdelilah Miftah, from Casablanca, said Palestinians and Lebanese were now facing \u201cIsraeli arrogance.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsrael is not respecting any laws and is waging an aggressive war against them,\u201d Miftah said.<\/p>\n<p>The protest in Rabat was among the largest in months. Morocco\u2019s government has spoken out against the war in Gaza but retained its ties with Israel.<\/p>\n<p>In the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, a massive pro-Palestinian rally was organized by the country\u2019s largest religious political party, Jamaat-e-Islami. Its chief, Hafiz Naeem Ur Rehman, said the protest \u201cis to wake up the world. &#8230; This protest is to tell the U.S. that it is supporting terrorists.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Sunday in Australia, thousands of people rallied in support of Palestinians and Lebanon. A pro-Israeli rally also took place in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>Samantha Gazal said she came to the rally in Sydney \u201cbecause I can\u2019t believe our government is giving impunity to a violent extremist nation and has done nothing. &#8230; We\u2019re watching the violence play out on livestream, and they\u2019re doing nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Melbourne, supporters of Israel held up posters showing Israeli hostages who are still missing. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe feel like we didn\u2019t do anything to deserve this,\u201d said Jeremy Wenstein, one of the participants. \u201cWe\u2019re just supporting our brothers and sisters who are fighting a war that they didn\u2019t invite.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Heightened security alerts<\/h2>\n<p>Security forces in several countries warned of heightened levels of alert in major cities, amid concerns that the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/israel-hamas-war\">escalating conflict in the Middle East<\/a><\/span> could inspire new terror attacks in Europe or that some of the protests could turn violent. <\/p>\n<p>France\u2019s interior minister was to hold a special security meeting on Sunday evening to assess the \u201cterror threat,\u201d his office said. <\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Italy\u2019s Premier Giorgia Meloni expressed her \u201cfull solidarity\u201d with police, the day after after security forces used tear gas and water cannons to disperse violent demonstrators in Rome.<\/p>\n<p>Meloni firmly condemned clashes between a few pro-Palestinian demonstrators and law enforcement officers, saying it was \u201cintolerable that dozens of officers are injured during a demonstration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thirty police officers and four protesters were hurt in clashes at the pro-Palestinian march in Rome Saturday, local media said. In Rome\u2019s central Piazzale Ostiense, hooded protesters threw stones, bottles and even a street sign at the police, who responded using water cannons and tear gas.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis, celebrating his Sunday Angelus prayer from the Vatican, issued a new appeal for peace \u201con every front.\u201d Francis also urged his audience not to forget the many hostages still held in Gaza, asking for \u201ctheir immediate liberation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pope called for a day of prayer and fasting on Monday, the first anniversary of the attack.<\/p>\n<h2>Risk of a regional escalation<\/h2>\n<p>On Oct. 7 last year, Hamas launched a surprise attack into Israel, killing 1,200 Israelis, taking 250 people hostage and setting off a war with Israel that has shattered much of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>More than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed since then in Gaza, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not differentiate between fighters and civilians. It says more than half were women and children.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 100 Israeli hostages remain in Gaza, with fewer than 70 believed to be alive. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-gaza-war-anniversary-survivors-fb65aa677e344a873566dc948d6bf52a\">Israelis have experienced attacks<\/a><\/span> \u2014 missiles from Iran and Hezbollah, explosive drones from Yemen, fatal shootings and stabbings \u2014 as the region braces for further escalation.<\/p>\n<p>In late September, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-lebanon-hezbollah-e3ca9c83642056f962fdf76319e3b8de\">Israel shifted some of its focus<\/a><\/span> to Hezbollah, which holds much of the power in parts of southern Lebanon and some other areas of the country, attacking the militants with exploding pagers, airstrikes and, eventually, incursions into Lebanon.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Zampano reported from Rome. 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