Published December 23,2023
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A pro-Palestinian demonstration in
Berlin calling for an end to the war in the
Gaza Strip drew a great number of people on Saturday.
Demonstrators marched from the
Kreuzberg district of the German capital to the
Brandenburg Gate in the city centre under the slogan "
Solidarity with Palestine."
Organizers registered a protest for 5,000 people. The
gathering was proceeding peacefully, a spokesman said.
Marchers wore
Palestinian scarves and carried placards condemning the bombing of the
Gaza Strip as a war crime. They called for freedom for
Palestine, waving Palestinian flags.
They chanted: "Stop the
murder, stop the war, stop the
Gaza genocide."
A Berlin branch of the opposition hard-left
Die Linke had called the protest. It urged the German government to work towards an immediate and durable
ceasefire and for the blockade on the
Gaza Strip to be lifted.
Humanitarian aid should be allowed in to provide for the civilian population,
Die Linke said.
