PNN – On the first day of the new year, people in all parts of the world, including Turkey, Iraq, Pakistan, Germany and America, came to the streets in support of the Palestinian people.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, in the midst of the New Year celebrations, Palestinian supporters came to the streets in several cities around the world and chanted slogans against the Israeli regime.
“The Times of Israel” website wrote about this on Monday, thousands of people demonstrated against Israel in the city of “Istanbul” today. Protesters waved Turkish and Palestinian flags and chanted “Israel is a killer”.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has repeatedly targeted Israel for attacking civilians in Gaza.
He recently said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is no different from Adolf Hitler.
Gaza ended the year 2023 with a devastating war that started on October 7th, and the number of its victims has been declared as 21,822 martyrs as of Sunday, December 31st, most of whom are women and children.
The city of “New York” in America also witnessed demonstrations against Israel and in support of the Palestinian people. Local media reported that thousands of people marched in the city calling for a ceasefire and chanting “freedom for Palestine”.
Supporters of Palestine also marched in the city of “Boston” in America on Monday and demanded a ceasefire. Those present in this demonstration waved the Palestinian flag.
In Iraq, a Christmas tree was decorated with Palestinian flags and symbolic corpses in funeral shrouds. Many Iraqi Christians have canceled this year’s celebrations in solidarity with Gaza, choosing to limit their celebrations to prayers and rituals.
Ahmad Ali, a resident of Baghdad, said: “We hope that 2024 will be a good year, with prosperity and happiness.”
In Pakistan, the government banned New Year’s Eve celebrations in solidarity with the Palestinians. In “Islamabad”, the capital of this country, protesters gathered with the slogan “Palestine must be free”.
In the city of “Berlin” in Germany, a number of Palestinian supporters organized an anti-Israel demonstration.