No. 39
July 2, 2024
June 2024
Attempts to Thwart Palestinian Resistance Fail Utterly
Ninth Month of Resistance to Unprecedented U.S./Zionist Depravity Stronger Than Ever
Montreal, June 8
Photo Review
• Protests
Across Canada to Oppose Arming Israeli
Genocide Increase
• Palestine Day on Parliament Hill
• U.S. Day of
Action Tells Biden:
We Are the Red Line – End the Genocide!
• World-Wide Actions Do Not Let Up
• Mass
Demonstrations in Israel Demand Ceasefire
and New Elections
Photo Review
Graduation Ceremonies Speak
Loud and Clear Against Attempts to Divide, Intimidate
and Silence Students
Across Canada and the United States graduating students engaged
in courageous and militant actions to speak out against the
U.S./Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and across the
occupied territories. Through encampments and significant
protest actions they have defied attempts to silence,
intimidate and criminalize them. In May, when many convocation
ceremonies in the U.S. were cancelled, students held their own.
In June in Canada, at their graduations, they wore Keffiyehs and
scarves highlighting support for the Palestinian cause. They
held up Palestinian flags and signs, gave out pins and in
several cases, spoke out in Valedictorian speeches.
On several Canadian campuses signs were posted prohibiting flags
and signs, and students entering their graduation ceremonies
were searched and had these items taken from them.
A Palestine Solidarity organization at Concordia posted a report
on Instagram which read:
"Brave and honourable Concordia students made their support for
Palestine and their demands for divestment heard loud and clear
during graduation.
"Concordia administration and university leaders snatched
Palestine flags, banners and posters from the students before
entering on stage. Security guards forcibly reached down
people's gowns to make sure Palestine flags weren't hidden. They
even threatened to prevent students from graduating."
Moving ceremonies were also held on a number of campuses to
honour the youth killed in the Israeli genocide who will never
graduate, and the graduating class of 2024 killed or displaced
and their universities destroyed.
Across the U.S., where most graduations took place in May,
students took similar actions, in some cases walking out of
their graduations in their hundreds. Some universities including
Columbia University and the University of Southern California
canceled their all-school graduation ceremonies and only held
departmental ceremonies.
Canada
University of Ottawa
Ceremony at uOttawa, June 15
Students at uOttawa held a moving ceremony on June 15 to honour the students of Gaza's Class of 2024 who will never graduate due to the Israeli genocide and its destruction of all the universities.
Kingston
Students at Queen's University honour Palestinian students who
will not graduate, June 21
Trent University, Peterborough
University of Toronto
University of Toronto students held a ceremony outside
Convocation Hall on June 3 to honour the graduating class of
2024 in Gaza. During the convocation ceremonies that took place
for the university's different faculties from June 3 to 21, many
graduating students found ways to express their stand with
Palestine and demand that their tuition fees not be used to
support the genocide. They managed this despite the university
administration searching students when they entered the building
and, in some cases, cutting the cameras away from students
wearing Kheffiyas or carrying flags and signs.
June 3
June 4 (left); School of nursing,
June 5
June 21
Toronto Metropolitan University
Ceremony to honour the Gazan students who will not graduate at
Toronto Metropolitan University, June 19.
McMaster University, Hamilton
Guelph University
Student holds up Palestine flag
as she crosses the stage; (right) diploma given out at
convocation honouring the students of Gaza
University of Waterloo
University of Western Ontario, London
University of Windsor
Honouring the students of Gaza who will never graduate, June 8
Lakehead University, Thunder Bay
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby
June 11
University of Victoria
Ceremony at encampment honours students from
Gaza who will never graduate
Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo
Valedictorian at Indigenous graduation
ceremony denounces Israeli genocide and calls for a Free
Palestine
United States
University of California at Los Angeles
People's Commencement, June 13
Graduation ceremony at University
of California at Los Angeles, June 15
Stanford University
On June 16, during University President Richard Saller's
speech, over 400 Stanford University students and their families
walked out of commencement in protest of the university's
investments in companies that facilitate the Israeli occupation.
University of Chicago
Hundreds of University of Chicago students walked out of their graduation ceremony to show support for students who had their diplomas withheld over their involvement in the pro-Palestinian encampment on the campus.
Over 50 graduating students at Northwestern University, some holding Palestinian flags, walked out of their commencement ceremony June 8 and joined dozens of family and community members outside the arena to protest the university's investment in companies and institutions connected to Israel. They held a ceremony of their own honouring those killed in Gaza.
Protests Across Canada to
Oppose Arming
Israeli Genocide Increase
National Capital Region
On June 1, close to 700 people marched through downtown Ottawa to express their unwavering support for the freedom, dignity and human rights of the Palestinian people. The march followed two successful actions against the CANSEC military trade show on May 29.
Before the march, an organizer for the Palestinian Youth Movement and Students for Justice in Palestine at Carleton University reminded everyone that one of the aims of the ongoing mass actions is to put pressure on Canada and demand that it, in turn, exert political pressure on Israel to cease its genocidal actions through not only an arms embargo but also economic sanctions and diplomatic efforts to hold Israel accountable for its violations of international law.
She informed that in front of CANSEC, "one of our own community members was punched in the face by a man who called himself a proud racist" and subsequently arrested. While in detention, police officers told him it was for his own safety and "to avoid backlash from our community." The PYM organizers said, "We will continue to face attempts by our governments to silence us and suppress our movement and our struggle as a whole. The students in Gaza have called on us to keep fighting and we cannot let them down."
In this spirit, everyone left the Human Rights Monument, marched through the Byward Market and then to the uOttawa campus to support the student encampment for Palestine.
June 1
Several hundred people gathered at the Human Rights monument in Ottawa on June 8 for the "Trudeau, what's your red line?" march for Palestine, marking eight months of the Israeli genocide in Gaza.
One of the organizers denounced the June 8 massacre by the
Israeli Zionists at the Nuseirat refugee camp where more than
200 Palestinians were killed and over 600 injured. To show the
bias of the Western media on their coverage of the massacre, he
quoted some BBC headlines, one of which reads: "Four Israeli
hostages kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival have been
rescued by the Israeli military" with all four hostages named in
the article. "Do we ever hear of the names of Palestinian
prisoners or of Palestinian martyrs?" Speaking of those killed
at the Nuseirat camp, he asked, "Who are those people? Why
are those people not named? Why do we not hear or see the word
'Palestinian'?"
In spite of heavy wind and rain the marchers proceeded, chanting slogans all the way, from the Human Rights monument to the hotel where University of Ottawa (uOttawa) students were celebrating their graduation.
Organizers pointed out that their aim was not to disrupt this important event in students' lives, but to denounce uOttawa's complicity in genocide. They said that thousands of young people in Gaza were also supposed to graduate this year, but many now lie under the rubble as all the universities in Gaza have been destroyed.
At the hotel marchers denounced uOttawa administrators who, in
negotiations with students, eliminated from their May 27
counter-proposal the students' demands for divestment from
companies involved in Israel's occupation of Gaza and the West
Bank or that contribute to violent acts that target civilians.
The administration's proposal, rejected by the students, also
included a 36-hour deadline to clear the encampment and that
there be no disruptions at the university or at any university
events.
The action ended at the student encampment where people expressed their determination to keep speaking out against the Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people and for a free Palestine.
June 8
On June 15, day-long activities of support were organized at the student encampment for Palestine at uOttawa. The day began with a prayer and sermon for the Eid celebrations on the encampment grounds, as a gesture of support for the encampment and for Palestinian liberation from genocide and occupation. People were invited to attend the Muslim celebration as one which transcends boundaries, as an expression of shared humanity, fostering greater respect, compassion, solidarity, and peace.
On June 22, a vibrant action was held on Parliament Hill organized by Ottawa Healthcare Professionals for Palestine, followed by a march through downtown Ottawa to the student encampment for Palestine.
The action was coordinated with health care workers and their allies across five major Canadian cities whose aim is to bring awareness to Israel's targeted attacks on health care infrastructure and workers in Gaza and to speak out against injustice, inequity and inequality.
Organizers pointed out that Israel continues to practice medical apartheid in Palestine in the occupied territories, adopting policies that are aimed at destroying the health care system and limiting access to health services to the Palestinian population. "For the past [eight] months, we have seen Israel advance beyond apartheid and accelerate their genocidal objectives by targeting health care infrastructure, personnel and equipment," they said.
The World Health Organization has logged 935 attacks on health care facilities alone through eight months of ongoing genocide. The destruction of the health care system has been the main thrust of the Israeli military strategy, as the medical system is essential to the survival of the Palestinian people.
Speaker after speaker spoke of their personal experience and perspective as health professionals in various fields. All stressed the need to advocate for Palestinian health care workers who, despite being displaced, forcibly starved, targeted and experiencing every kind of loss imaginable, remain committed to providing life-saving health care for Palestinians. They demanded an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, an end to the deliberate targeting of health care workers, patients and medical infrastructure, an end to the siege and occupation of Palestine, the reopening of all borders, and unimpeded flow of life-saving humanitarian aid and medical personnel in and out of Gaza. "Our government must immediately impose sanctions and a two-way arms embargo on Israel. We also demand that our moral obligation as health care workers and our right as Canadian citizens to freely advocate for Palestinian health care and human rights without fear of censorship be respected. Our message is clear. We stand with the people of Gaza and call on our government, our MP's, our health care institutions and the international community to take decisive and immediate action," they said.
An elected official and spokesperson for the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) proudly announced that the OPSEU Board had endorsed the international campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions on Israel, joining the Canadian Union of Public Employees-Ontario, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, the Public Service Alliance of Canada, Unifor and other unions. His announcement, made to cheers from the participants, ended with "In our millions, in our billions, in our unions, we are all Palestinians!" He highlighted certain parts of the resolution, such as the call to reject attempts by government, political institutions and other organizations to equate criticism of the State of Israel and its policies or support for the rights of Palestinians with anti-Semitism or support for terrorism. The resolution also condemns attempts to silence workers, students, unions, organizations and individuals who speak out for an immediate ceasefire to end the ongoing genocide.
A social worker and mental health care professional pointed out that many Palestinian-Canadians have lost loved-ones, resulting in trauma and a feeling of helplessness which is exacerbated by the inaction and hypocrisy of elected officials and by blatant anti-Palestinian racism. "Palestinians face harassment and denial of their rights to peaceful protest, but despite those challenges, they continue to demonstrate sumoud, or steadfastness, a form of psychological resistance rooted in their culture and faith. Their strength is bolstered by the community diaspora and by the solidarity of people like you from diverse backgrounds."
A Palestinian dentist who served the Indigenous communities of Ontario and witnessed firsthand inequalities and lack of access to care, said that apartheid and the stopping of aid is not new to Palestinians. In 2001, her grandmother had a stroke, and because there was a curfew and cars were targeted without question just like now, she was transported in a donkey cart to a checkpoint eight minutes from a hospital. Israeli forces refused to let her through and she died on an eight-hour trek through the mountains to avoid checkpoints, never reaching a hospital. She said that the situation in Gaza today underscores the urgent need for international intervention and the mobilization of people of conscience.
Dr. Yipeng Ge said that despite repeated attacks and the destruction of Al-Shifa hospital, health care workers have been able to recreate a dialysis unit at the hospital site to treat patients with kidney disease. "They are rebuilding Al-Shifa hospital as we speak," he said. "The sumoud of our Palestinian health care colleagues is so profound that we must carry on, do everything possible for our Palestinian health care workers."
A silent, solemn die-in took place for 935 seconds, symbolizing the number of attacks on the health care community in Palestine in over eight months of ongoing genocide.
June 22
June 30
Nova Scotia
Halifax
About 100 people gathered in Victoria Park and marched to the Studley Quad of Dalhousie University to show support for the student encampment's call for the universities in the Halifax area to divest from companies supporting Israel.
A young Jewish woman speaking on her own behalf pointed out that people who are invaded and occupied and attacked have a right under international law to armed resistance and a student expressed his indignation that the tuition he pays to Dalhousie helps support the Israeli genocide.
A Mi'kmaw woman living in Halifax pointed out that Dalhousie has no right to order the student protesters off the campus since the University is on unceded Mi'kmaw territory and the aboriginal community has welcomed them there and supports their cause.
June 8
On June 20 a fund-raising Gig for Gaza was held at the Marquee Ballroom with Indigenous, Palestinian and local artists and speakers including Jenn Grant, Ria Mae, Mo Kenney, Jah'Mila, Shanii, Mama's Broke, BASYL, El Jones, Killa Atencio, and Rana Zaman. The event raised over $16,000 for Palestine to be sent to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society and the Atlantic Canada Palestinian Society.
On June 22, more than one hundred people marched from Victoria
Park to Al Zeitoun University, the liberated zone on the
Dalhousie Studley Quad set up by the Students for the Liberation
of Palestine Kjipuktuk (SLPK), a collective of students from
Dalhousie University, Saint Mary's University, the University of
King's College, Mount Saint Vincent University and the Nova
Scotia College of Art and Design. Holding high their Palestinian
flags and signs, they shouted:
From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free! The People
United, Will Never Be Defeated! Hey Hey, Ho Ho, This
Occupation's Got to Go! Long Live the Intifada!
At Al Zeitoun University there was lively discussion, starting
with National Indigenous Peoples Day, which was the day before,
and the stand of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) in support
of the Palestinian people. In early December the AFN unanimously
adopted a resolution demanding a permanent ceasefire in
Palestine and recognizing the Palestinians as an Indigenous
People under international law. Besides demanding a
ceasefire the resolution called for an end to the occupation of
Gaza, the release of all hostages, the unimpeded flow of
humanitarian aid and the upholding of international human rights
law in all occupied Indigenous Peoples' lands, including the
West Bank and Gaza. The AFN denounced all forms of violence
against Indigenous Peoples and called for an end to the violent,
illegal occupation of their lands. The resolution reminded
states of their "Treaty, moral and legal obligations to fully
respect human rights and law, and its norms and standards,
including respect of international treaties, which call on
states to achieve peaceful co-existence with Indigenous
Peoples." The new national chief of the AFN was instructed to
immediately send a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau calling for
a permanent ceasefire.
It is absolutely shameful and horrifying to the youth that the state and government issues apologies for the genocidal actions against First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples here on Turtle Island while turning their backs on the people of Palestine and funding the terrorist and colonial state of Israel's genocide against the Palestinian people. It demonstrates that there is no true understanding nor principled stance when it comes to the treatment of Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island either. Truth and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples on Turtle Island lies in the fight for justice, dignity and right to be of all peoples, including Palestinians.
A young Palestinian girl around the age of nine also spoke
militantly. She said "Palestinians were living safely in their
country when the Israelis came and began to illegally expel them
from their homes [...] The Palestinians reject this injustice
and have resisted this occupation peacefully for 75 years." She
said with confidence that in the future the Palestinian people
will succeed in the liberation of Palestine.
Across Canada and Quebec, youth and students are saying Not in Our Name! Our Future, Our Say! Make Canada a Zone for Peace! From Turtle Island to Palestine, Genocide is a Crime!
June 22
Quebec
Kamouraska
June 2
Quebec City
On June 2, a lively demonstration was held in front of the Quebec National Assembly before taking to the streets of Old Quebec. It made a stop in front of the U.S. Consulate to denounce U.S. President "Genocide Joe" Biden and the U.S. government's crimes against Palestine.
Silence Is Complicity in Genocide!, Free Palestine, Shame on Trudeau, Joly and Legault, We Are All Palestinians! were among the slogans heard throughout the action.
One of the organizers denounced the arrest of three young people of Arab origin who had set up an encampment the previous day at Laval University.
June 2
On June 8, another demonstration in support of the Palestinian people took to the streets of Quebec City with the call to "Stop Canadian Arms Exports." Demonstrators began the march by denouncing the massacre the day before at the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza. They demanded an embargo on Canadian arms sales to the Israeli government and sanctions against Israel. At the end of the march, people signed a large petition demanding this embargo. The organizers also announced an upcoming demonstration in front of the office of Jean-Yves Duclos, federal MP for Quebec City and Canada's Minister of Public Services and Procurement.
June 8
Montreal
Responding to a call from the Coalition du Québec Urgence Palestine, almost 2,000 people gathered at Lafontaine Park in Montreal on June 8 in support of the Palestinian people.
Among the speakers, a representative of the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) said:
"A month ago, political leaders from around the world, including Joe Biden and Justin Trudeau, declared that the invasion of Rafah was a red line. But in the last week, the Zionist army has not only carried out a ground invasion of Rafah but has also committed massacres there.
"This is a place where a million Palestinians are crammed into tents and where the Zionist military has forced almost a million Palestinians to live in unbearable conditions. It was in these same camps, a few days before the flames reduced them to ashes, that children drew and wrote messages addressed to the whole world. Using crayons, the displaced children from Gaza thanked the whole world for having mobilized for Gaza.
"We are here to question this famous red line. Where is the red line he is talking about? What criminal acts will be deemed unjustifiable and will constitute a red line? Is it criminal attacks like beheading babies? Is it the assault on women? Is it committing a massacre? Is it the targeting of hospitals? Is it shooting journalists? Because all these crimes have been committed by the Israeli occupying forces and, according to these so-called leaders of the free world, none of these acts is criminal enough to constitute a red line. Even today the occupying forces are attacking refugee camps in the Gaza Strip.
[...] "We can no longer wait for the leaders to keep their promises. The people must take charge. And that is why thousands of people who support the liberation of Palestine are at this very moment encircling the White House in Washington in the United States, forming a human red line.
"It's time to set the record straight. This genocide would not have been possible without the support, collaboration and consent of the U.S. Empire, Canadian and Western governments."
The PYM representative denounced the Western countries who claim to champion human rights and who have turned a blind eye to the crimes of the Zionist occupation because they profit from the massacres of the Palestinians and said, "But we know that power is not in the hands of world leaders. It is in the hands of the people. It is in our hands. Yes, we have all seen the horrific scenes that unfold every day in Gaza and we mourn over 40,000 martyrs, people who had dreams, lives, aspirations, families. But we cannot fall into despair. We must remember that in all the wars of liberation from Vietnam to Algeria, the aggressor and the occupier have always killed and murdered civilians, but that is not a victory. If that were the case, they would have won in Vietnam, Lebanon or Afghanistan, but they didn't win, they lost.
"I salute our people who continue to stand firm on their land. I salute the steadfast Palestinian resistance that continues to confront the enemy and defend its people. I salute the children of the stones, the dreamers of liberation and those fighting for change. Greetings to our brave little nation that has not stopped fighting for a single day. And it will be the graveyard of all the empires of the world.
"We have a message to send to Justin Trudeau and François Legault. We will never stop the struggle for liberation until every refugee returns to his land, until every prisoner is released from Zionist jails, until Gaza is free and until justice prevails because we know that Palestine will live, Palestine will win."
June 8
June 15
June 22
June 29
June 30
Ontario
Toronto
June 8
June 22
Mississauga
June 1
Brampton
Picket outside Trudeau fund-raising dinner, June 27
Milton
June 1
Sudbury
Palestine Solidarity (Sudbury) continues to hold weekly actions in support of Palestine and demanding an end to Canada's complicity in Israel's genocide. Its No Nickel for Genocide Working Group has launched a petition calling on the Canadian government to ban the sale of nickel to Israel and to arms manufacturers that supply Israel. The petition, which has been signed by over 1,500 people since being posted on the House of Commons website on June 12, is open until October 10, after which it will be presented to Parliament by Timmins-James Bay MP Charlie Angus. Then the government is required to respond within 45 days. To sign the petition click here.
June 1
June 8
June 15
North Bay
June 7
Windsor
June 2
June 8
June 15
June 29
Alberta
Edmonton
June 2
June 8
June 22
Calgary
June 22
British Columbia
Vancouver
June 8
Picket at Vancouver Police Headquarters against criminalization
of support for Palestine, June 18
June 22
Sechelt
June 16
Victoria
June 2
June 15
Courtenay
June 1
Palestine Day on Parliament Hill
The 8th Annual Palestine Day on Parliament Hill was held June 13 at the John A. Macdonald building in Ottawa, hosted by the Association of Palestinian Arab Canadians (APAC) and supported by the office of MP Matthew Green. The solemnity of the occasion was highlighted by the theme of the event: From Nakba to Genocide.
More that 500 people attended. Remarks were made by APAC representatives and by NDP MP Matthew Green; NDP MP and Foreign Affairs Critic Heather McPherson; Liberal MP and Chair of the Canada Palestine Parliamentary Friendship Group Salma Zahid; Green Party Co-leader Jonathan Pedneault; Dr. Yipeng Ge; Dr. Nadia Abu Zahra, and a student representative. At the end of the speeches, a special video message by Naledi Pandor, South African Foreign Minister, was addressed specifically to those attending the event.
Organizers expressed the importance for the Palestinian community to have its voice heard at the centre of where decisions are made. In the main political speech, an APAC representative pointed out that, as we struggle to reconcile with our own colonial legacy, now is the time for Canada to stop playing a part in denying the rights of Indigenous Palestinians and to stop shielding Israel from genuine accountability. He went on to elaborate what APAC sees as the immediate next step it calls upon the Canadian government to take.
"From a foreign policy perspective, we expect condemnation. We have heard no shortage of condemnation of the October 7 attack, but where is the condemnation from our leaders of what the International Court of Justice considers a plausible genocide? Our government has failed to go beyond expressing concern over Israel's actions. We need to hear our leaders condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the murder and injury of over 120,000 Palestinians, the displacement of 1.7 million Palestinians, and the starvation of an entire population.
"Genuine efforts are needed to impose a ceasefire and end the siege of Gaza. This includes a two-way arms embargo to ensure no Canadian weapons or technologies contribute to this genocide and sanctions on Israeli officials directing these war crimes. We need our government to be consistent in its application of international law. Rather than playing verbal gymnastics, our government should express clear support for the actions of the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court, as each seeks to hold Israel to account. We call on the government of Canada to finally recognize the State of Palestine. Besides the fact that this will allow Palestinians full membership in international institutions from which they can advocate for their rights, it is simply the right thing to do.
"We call on the government to take two actions: first, stop contributing to the vilification of public demonstrations and University encampments, and put an end to a long-standing tradition of smearing those advocating for Palestinian rights and of actively contributing to Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism."
June 13, Palestine Day on Parliament Hill
U.S. Day of Action Tells Biden:
We Are the Red Line – End the Genocide!
On June 8, in Washington, DC 100,000 people joined in a mass action, completely surrounding the White House with the People's Red Line against genocide, in a national action to mark the eight months of Israel's war on Gaza.
The name of the action referred to U.S. President "Genocide
Joe" Biden's claim in March that an Israeli invasion of Rafah
was his "red line" and that he would not countenance the
Israelis crossing it. Nonetheless, the Israeli invasion of Rafah
has been underway since May and continued U.S. support has given
the Zionists carte blanche to commit one increasingly
depraved massacre after another in Rafah and elsewhere.
The action started at Lafayette Park in front of the White
House, then protesters wearing red clothes surrounded the
building with a two-mile-long red banner, covered in the names
of Palestinians killed by Israel. Protestors chanted, From DC to Palestine, We Are the
Red Line! and Biden,
We
Are Your Red Line!, and carried flags and signs
saying, Genocide Is Our
Red Line, Biden's Red Line Was a Lie, Hands Off
Rafah! Stop the Genocide, End All U.S. Aid to Israel!,
Stop Arming Israel, Lift the Siege on Gaza Now! and Arms Embargo on Israel!
among many others.
The action in DC affirmed that it is the people who determine
what is acceptable -- based on their demands for peace, justice
and the rights of the Palestinian people -- not the warmongers
in their self-serving pursuit of control over peoples and
territories, and pursuit of profits from arms sales.
A mass action was organized in Los Angeles in conjunction with the national action for those on the west coast who could not travel to Washington DC.
June 8
Los Angeles, CA
June 8
World-Wide Actions Do Not Let Up
EUROPE
England
London
June 2
June 8
Support action for student encampment at London School of
Economics, June 17
June 27
Somerset
Glastonbury Festival, June 29-30
Bournemouth
June 1
Sheffield
June 1
Manchester
June 22
Oldham
June 12
Glasgow, Scotland
June 15
Ireland
Limerick
June 22
County Donegal
Grianan of Aileach, June 10
Bergen, Norway
June 26
Rotterdam, Netherlands
June 9
Antwerp, Belgium
Picket demands arms embargo against Israel, June 25
Lausanne, Switzerland
Action outside Internatonal Olympics Committee building demands
Israel be banned from the 2024 Paris Olympics, June 12
Vienna, Austria
June 29
Germany
Berlin
June 8
June 22
June 24
Hamburg
June 8
France
Paris
June 1
June 8
Marseilles
June 2
Lyon
June 1
June 8
Spain
Bilbao
June 9
Valladolid
June 26
Budapest, Hungary
June 1
ASIA
Palestine
Gaza
Displaced children demand their basic rights, June 4
Jerusalem
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design student encampment, June 3
Nablus, West Bank
June 8
Protest against Israeli treatment of
Palestinian prisoners, June 11
Tayibe, West Bank
June 8
Jenin, West Bank
Protest of Israeli treatment of Palestinian prisoners, June 11
Birzeit, West Bank
Birzeit University students protest Israeli
genocide, June 12
Beirut, Lebanon
University of Beirut graduation, June 8
Sana'a, Yemen
June 7
June 14
June 28
Amman, Jordan
June 7
Türkiye
Ankara
Ankara University student encampment, June 12
Istanbul
June 1
Bingöl
June 1
Mersin
June 12
Karachi, Pakistan
June 2
Hyderabad, India
June 12
Seoul, Korea
June 8
June 22
Tokyo, Japan
June 7
June 12
June 26
Manila, Philippines
June 8
Jakarta, Indonesia
June 9
AFRICA
Rabat, Morocco
June 9
Dakar, Senegal
June 23
June 21, 2024
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Havana, Cuba
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez
holds discussions with youth from the U.S., June 11
Cuba announces it is joining South Africa in its case against
Israel for genocide at the International Court of Justice, June
21
Mexico
Mexico City
June 22
No Pride in Genocide, June 29
León
June 8
June 23
Guadalajara
June 26
Demonstration at U.S. Consulate, June 25
San Salvador, El Salvador
June 2
San José, Costa Rica
San Jose University encampment, June 6
Managua, Nicaragua
June 24
São Paulo, Brazil
June 23
Bogotá, Colombia
June 30
Quito, Ecuador
June 8
Lima, Peru
June 1
Chile
Santiago
June 8
June 29
Valparaiso
June 1
OCEANIA
Australia
Sydney
June 30
Melbourne
June 1
June 8
June 22
June 30
Brisbane
June 1
Mass Demonstrations in Israel Demand Ceasefire and New Elections
Protests in Israel demanding Prime Minister Netanyahu's resignation and that the Israeli government negotiate a ceasefire and hostage release have continued throughout June. An estimated 120,000 took to the streets of Tel Aviv on June 29 in the latest such protest, a similar number to the June 2 demonstration in that city. Demonstrations were also held on June 21-22 in Tel Aviv, Caesarea, Haifa and West Jerusalem.
Jerusalem, June 18
Ceasarea outside Netanyahu's personal residence, June 21
Jerusalem, June 21
Haifa, June 22
Tel Aviv, June 22
Tel Aviv, June 29
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