Massive marches across Europe protest Israel's military campaign in Gaza

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00:00Over 250,000 people according to the authorities, one million according to organisers of the

00:06demonstration.

00:07A sea of people in Rome demand once again an end to the war in Gaza.

00:13This is the fourth day of protests in Italy following Israel's interception of the international

00:18humanitarian flotilla.

00:20The protests have grown in size.

00:23I think many people were afraid at first, but now we know we are on the right side.

00:29We are here to say something important, to shout together, stop the genocide.

00:36The demonstration ended in the early evening with clashes between small groups of people

00:41and the police.

00:43More than ten people were arrested.

00:46Rallies took place in many cities around the world on Saturday, but it was in Europe that

00:50they were largest.

00:53Here in Madrid, more than 90,000 people took to the streets of the Spanish capital to demand

00:59concrete action against Israel.

01:02We must end relations with Israel once and for all.

01:06Expel the Israeli ambassador from Spain.

01:08We don't want these people here.

01:09We don't want war.

01:10We want peace.

01:12In London, the demonstration was organised by Palestinian Action, which was classified as

01:17a terrorist organisation by the British government in early July following acts of vandalism.

01:24As a result, nearly 450 people were arrested for supporting a banned organisation.

01:29I'm disgusted by the police, actually.

01:30They shouldn't be arresting non-violent protesters here.

01:34We have a right to protest and Palestine Action is not a violent organisation.

01:39It should never have been prescribed in the first place.

01:41The authorities had called for demonstrations in the country to be postponed after Thursday's

01:46knife attack outside a synagogue in Manchester where two people were murdered.

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