Rally in Hamburg: 500 people demand the end of the Gaza War!

Rally in Hamburg: 500 people demand the end of the Gaza War!

Hamburger Rathausmarkt, 20095 Hamburg, Deutschland - More than 500 people demonstrated yesterday at the Hamburg town hall market for an immediate end of the Gaza War. The event was under the motto "Human rights, human dignity, international law - this war must end" and was organized by Schura, the Council of Islamic Communities in Hamburg. The rally was supported by the party DIE LINKE, JUSOS and the Green Youth, such as Welt reported.

The participants accused both Israel war crimes and Hamas violations of humanitarian international law. Özlem NAS, deputy Schura chairman, called for the application of international standards of humanitarian international law in the Gaza Strip. She called collective penalties, attacks on civilians and the blockade of humanitarian aid unacceptable. Dr. Shadi Abuhamad, a doctor from the Gaza Strip, spoke about the complicity of the German government at the suffering of the civilian population and called for the protection of all human life.

emotional speeches with boo calls

During the speeches there were brushing and interjections, especially when Juso state chairman Dafina Berisha, Leon Meyer from the Green Youth and Peter Zamory, a former Greens Member of the Board, spoke. Zamory was insulted as a "hypocrite" when he pointed out the crimes of Hamas and called for Gaza to be exemption from her rule. The rally took place during pouring rain and was counted by the police with around 550 participants.

The humanitarian situation in the Gaza strip is according to Human Rights Watch Continue. Israel has called up more than a million Palestinians in northern Gaza Strip for evacuation while continuing the bombing to combat Hamas. The United Nations emphasize that a resettlement of civilians from a densely populated area is "impossible". So far, over 2,400 Palestinians have been killed, and the humanitarian situation has worsened drastically in the past 16 years.

collective penalties and war crimes

Sari Bashi, program director of Human Rights Watch, warns that Israeli military action is a collective punishment of the civilian population, which is prohibited in accordance with humanitarian law. In many cases, the civilian population is viewed by the Israeli army as a goal, even if this is not officially recognized. Hamas is also criticized because it uses civilians as human protective shields and is therefore also responsible for war crimes.

The current political and humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is characterized by a cycle of violence. According to Bundestag Essential, but these are often disregarded by continuous attacks on both Israeli and Palestinian side.

The statements and demands of the demonstrators in Hamburg are part of a larger whole that goes far beyond the German borders and asks the international community to act.