A red line before Gaza and against Israeli war violence, right through The Hague: « If I don’t do anything against this, how could I sleep? »

More than thirty thousand people are expected on the big demonstration against the war violence in Gaza, this Sunday in The Hague.

In red clothing, the participants will raise the Malieveld to the Peace Palace, the accommodation of the International Court of Justice as a symbolic ‘red line’. That judged in January last year That there may be genocide and that Israel must make every effort to prevent acts of genocide.

Striking: more than eighty organizations organize the demonstration. From Amnesty International and Oxfam Novib to trade union FNV, the Humanist Association, denominations and partnerships of mosques.

They call on the Schoof cabinet to stop the political, economic and military support for Israel « as long as it blocks access to relief supplies and is guilty of war crimes and structural human rights violations. »

Only 15 percent of the Dutch support the Israel position of the cabinet, According to recent research by the I&O agency. At the start of the Gaza War, which was a reaction to the Hamas attack of 7 October 2023, that support was almost 30 percent. More than six in ten Dutch people are concerned about the conflict, although that share is falling. A year and a half ago, eight in ten Dutch people were worried.

Who will be demonstrating this Sunday? Four protesters tell their story.

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