{"id":405561,"date":"2021-05-22T10:23:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-22T10:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=405561"},"modified":"2021-05-22T10:23:45","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T10:23:45","slug":"international-solidarity-with-palestine-continues-after-truce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/international-solidarity-with-palestine-continues-after-truce\/","title":{"rendered":"International solidarity with Palestine continues after truce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(SONNA):Thousands of demonstrators across the world continued to show solidarity with the people of Palestine on Friday after Israel and Hamas reached a cease-fire agreement.<\/p>\n<p>At least 15 demonstrators were arrested in Stockholm during a protest organized in support of Palestine.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrators gathered in Medborgaplatsen Square to protest Israel&#8217;s attacks on Palestinians in a rally organized by Palestinian associations.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters chanted: &#8220;Boycott Israel,&#8221; &#8220;Free Palestine,&#8221; and &#8220;Israel is killing our children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Activist Dror Feiler, a Swedish Jew born in Israel, attended the demonstration to show solidarity with Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA ceasefire has been reached between Israel and Palestine, but our struggle for the freedom of Palestine will continue. As a Jew, I am showing my support to the people of Palestine,\u201d Feiler told Anadolu Agency.<\/p>\n<p>Police asked protesters to disperse as part of coronavirus restrictions. When they refused to leave, police intervened and detained 15 people.<\/p>\n<p>Police, trying to prevent journalists from recording the protest, detained freelance journalist Orhan Karan and seized his camera. He was later released and his camera was returned.<\/p>\n<p>In Vienna, protesters at two different locations gathered for pro-Palestinian demonstrations, despite a ban.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/uploads\/userFiles\/8e036cdc-7fae-4434-9c64-71791e497147\/20210521_2_48407934_65397744.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A group gathered in front of the Austrian State Opera and unfurled banners that read: &#8220;Boycott Israel&#8221; and &#8220;End to Apartheid,&#8221; while another group was in front of the Votive Church, one of the historical symbols of the city.<\/p>\n<p>A demonstration was held in Bologna, Italy, to support the Israel-Hamas cease-fire and to protest Israel&#8217;s attacks on the Al-Aqsa Mosque.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands gathered at Dell&#8217;Unita Square and reacted to Israel&#8217;s attacks and expressed satisfaction regarding the cease-fire.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters carried Palestinian flags chanting slogans, including &#8220;Free Palestine&#8221; and &#8220;We are all Palestinians.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s Ambassador to London, Tzipi Hotovely, was protested in the city by the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network and pro-Palestinian demonstrators because of Israeli attacks on Palestinian land.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/uploads\/userFiles\/8e036cdc-7fae-4434-9c64-71791e497147\/20210509_2_48199029_64975745.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Demonstrators outside the Israeli Embassy chanted &#8220;Free Palestine,&#8221; &#8220;Israel is a terrorist state,&#8221; and &#8220;Palestine will be free,&#8221; as they carried Palestine flags.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions that started in East Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan spread to Gaza as a result of Israeli assaults on worshippers in the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah.<\/p>\n<p>The escalation resulted in airstrikes by Israel on Gaza, which has left at least 243 Palestinians dead and more than 1,700 others wounded since May 10, according to Palestinian authorities.<\/p>\n<p>A cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, started early Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Israel occupied East Jerusalem during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and annexed the entire city in 1980 \u2013 a move that has never been recognized by the international community.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source:AA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(SONNA):Thousands of demonstrators across the world continued to show solidarity with the people of Palestine on Friday after Israel and Hamas reached a cease-fire agreement. 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