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Hundreds of Thousands Form 'Red Line' Around The Hague

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Hundreds of thousands of people dressed in red marched through the streets of The Hague on Sunday to demand more action against the "genocide" in Gaza.

NGOs such as Amnesty International, Save the Children, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), and Oxfam organized the demonstration, which ran through the city to the International Court of Justice. The protesters were all dressed in red, creating a "red line".

Organisers described it as the country's largest demonstration in two decades. Many waving Palestinian flags and some chanting "Stop the Genocide", the demonstrators turned a central park in the city into a sea of red on a sunny afternoon.

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That's a protest that might actually accomplish something.
- Elected officials do not care. But a protest at the Hague may actually move the needle on action.
- Why We're Organizing No Kings Protests on Saturday--A king is only a king if we bow down
  For the would-be dictator, success depends on projecting power and creating an aura of inevitability. They need you to believe that Trump is the new normal, that the MAGA movement will be in power for the long haul, that the only rational move is to go along, keep your head down, and protect your own interests.
  In short, it requires a countless number of people in a countless number of places to do something that the Trump regime doesn’t want them to do, or to NOT do something the Trump regime wants them to do. That’s how we shake off the aura of inevitability and halt the autocratic breakthrough.
  For that to happen, people need to feel like we’re part of something bigger. We need to understand that we’re part of a movement. We need to feel like we will win.
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  If the numbers of 4-6 million are true then less than 2% of Americans showed up. The pictures of big crowds was impressive, but that's not enough. To the outside world, it looks like you have bowed down.
  Take inspiration from this protest in The Netherlands and chastise your neighbours, your colleagues, your friends and family, to march, or this time next year America may just be a fully fledged fascist state with no personal freedom.
- How? We’ve been doing this for almost 2 years and the genocide is still ongoing
  
  Protesting the wrong people. If the Hague enacts war crimes tribunals, takes Netanyahu and all of Likud into custody, it ends.
  
  Ahh but you see, if the world's leaders sit idly by for another few years until there aren't any Palestinian people left, they'll be able to say "look the genocide has ended, we did it!". All without having to even lift a finger to write a mildly worded letter.
There's a video around of a drone covering the length of the group, it took it like a minute of flying straight through to cover (what that video said) was around 150,000 people. Wonderful to see.
Faux News: "the world's largest collection of antisemites gathered around the Hague to demand the death of all Jewish people! Stay tuned to hear why they hate you specifically and want your family dead!"
I sure hope this leads to action.
Hundreds of thousands of people dressed in red marched through the streets of The Hague on Sunday to demand more action against the "genocide" in Gaza.
"the """genocide""" in Gaza"? """"""?
Im sorry, marched around the what?
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hague
  
  Thanks
Unfortunately, the EU is nothing more than a cesspool of wannabe fascists in the pay of American-Zionist barbarism. It will do nothing for Gaza.
- It can't do less than nothing. Which is what you're advocating.
- Well, these days who the hell isn't?
I really question the hundreds of thousands, in a city of half a million of people - that would mean that half of the city. Thats definitely fake news. Even in the picture if the article it says suddenly tens of thousands. Sounds all a bit fish tbh
- You know the Netherlands is about 16,040 sq m, where about 18 million people live.
  For some Americans crossing the entire country is an acceptable daily commute
  
  Why bring America to the discussion, if its about a protest in Europe about a war in Asia?
- You're doubting all major Dutch news organisations?
  
  They all say 150.000 which is tens of thousands and not hundreds of thounds. Its an impressive number no need to pretend its more. That just makes the news outlet look bad
- The Randstad has over 8 million people that can all stand in Hague within ~1 hour or so. On top of that it's organised by four major organisations that has mobilised people even outside of the Netherlands. I see no reason to doubt this.
  Lovely to see.
- Lol you know people can like move around. Also, it's a Commuter City. Meaning kinda like NYC, during the day the number of people inside the city during the day is magnitudes grater than the cities offical population number. Grow up

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