Across Europe and the United States, tens of thousands marched this weekend in a collective outcry against Israel’s ongoing onslaught in Gaza. From Paris to New York, demonstrators called for an end to the genocide unfolding before the world’s eyes, and demanded their governments stop arming and funding it.

In Paris, the heart of the protest beat from Place de la République to Bastille, where thousands walked under banners that read “Stop the Genocide in Gaza.” Palestinian flags filled the air, voices chanted for justice, and red-shrouded dolls were carried to symbolise the children killed in Israel’s bombardment. Watermelon symbols, now a global sign of Palestinian resistance, appeared on badges and bags, echoing a message the world can no longer ignore.

In the Netherlands, demonstrators gathered outside GKN Fokker, protesting the firm’s continued shipment of F-35 parts to Israel, despite a Dutch court ruling banning such exports. They denounced the company’s role in fuelling the war machine that has devastated Gaza’s hospitals, schools, and refugee shelters.

The message was just as loud across the Atlantic. In cities like New York and Chicago, protesters condemned U.S. military aid as complicit in what they called a genocide carried out with taxpayer dollars. “A child is killed every 40 minutes,” read one sign, an indictment not just of Israeli violence, but of the silence and complicity of powerful allies.

From Berlin to San Francisco, the demand was the same: stop the bombs, lift the blockade, and let Gaza live. These protests weren’t just about solidarity, they were a reckoning, a refusal to remain silent in the face of unimaginable suffering.