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Thousands of people attended the protest march which began at Writers’ Square in Belfast city centre<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Several thousand people have taken part in a Palestine solidarity protest in Belfast demanding sanctions against Israel.<\/p>\n

The demonstration was organised by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign as part of a series of protests in towns and cities on both sides of the Irish border.<\/p>\n

In Dublin, protesters marched from the US embassy to the Department of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n

Other protests were staged in Londonderry, Galway, Cork, Limerick, Navan, Carlow, and Waterford.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

‘It’s just horrific’<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Mary Kelly (third from right) and members of her family were among thousands of people who took part in the Belfast protest march <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Mary Kelly attended the Belfast protest with her sister and other members of her family to show support for the people of Gaza. <\/p>\n

“What’s going on is absolutely disgusting,” she told BBC News NI. <\/p>\n

“We’re watching every day – on alternative channels to be fair – at what’s happening live in our faces. <\/p>\n

“We’ve been here years doing this, we’re just wondering when it’s ever going to stop.” <\/p>\n

Ms Kelly added: “It’s just horrific – horrific crimes going on while the world is watching. It’s heartbreaking actually.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

‘This is about humanity’<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Eftaima Najjair said the people attending the protest gave her “hope for the future”<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Eftaima Najjair from Portadown, County Armagh, was also among the protesters.<\/p>\n

“Showing solidarity is very important and coming out today, even as a Muslim-Arab lady, looking at all these different people from different places – young, old, babies, elderly – it really gives a lot of hope for the future,” she said. <\/p>\n

“This is about humanity, it not about just the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n

“It’s about our humanity and looking at these people who are starving… just sitting back home doing nothing is not an option,” Ms Najjair added. <\/p>\n

“So the least we can do is come out in solidarity and show that we’re here and that we really care and that we’re trying our best.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Orla Wallace believes “people power” can make a difference <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Belfast protester Orla Wallace said she believed “people power makes a difference” in registering the strength of public objection to Israel’s actions in Gaza. <\/p>\n

“I think there’s nothing more important right now in the world,” she said. <\/p>\n

“We’re witnessing a live-streamed genocide, and we’ve got to do everything in our power to stand up and to object to it and we can do that with people power.”<\/p>\n

The Israeli government has long rejected accusations of genocide and says its defence forces target terrorists and never civilians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Protest outside BBC<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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The protesters marched to BBC NI’s headquarters in Ormeau Avenue<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Demonstrators at the Belfast protest walked through the city to BBC NI headquarters to express dissatisfaction at BBC coverage of events in Gaza.<\/p>\n

Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza in response to the Hamas-led 7 October attack in 2023, in which 1,200 people were killed and 251 more were taken hostage.<\/p>\n

At least 64,300 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since then, according to the territory’s health ministry.<\/p>\n

The ministry also said 376 people have died during the war so far as a result of malnutrition and starvation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Many Palestinian flags were on display at the Derry protest on Saturday<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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In Londonderry the protest march began on Bishop Street and made its way through the city to finish at Guildhall Square. <\/p>\n

Hundreds of people took part, with many waving Palestinian flags. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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