More than 200,000 join Amsterdam march against Gaza genocide

Tens of thousands of people marched through Amsterdam on Sunday, demanding that the Dutch government end arms sales to Israel and impose tougher trade sanctions over its genocide in Gaza.

Many wore red for the Red Line protest, which drew more than 200,000 people, according to Amnesty International’s Dutch branch, one of the organisers.

Campaigners called on the Netherlands to formally recognise Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide and denounced Israeli apartheid in the occupied West Bank.

Crowds chanted “Free, free Palestine!”.

“What is happening there is inhumane,” marcher Mike van Dongen told The Associated Press. “As far as I’m concerned, they are doing nothing,” he said. “They don’t dare take any serious steps.”