Overview

• Organizers estimate 150,000 people joined the demonstration, making it one of the largest protests in the Netherlands in years.
• Marchers proceeded to the International Court of Justice, which is weighing South Africa’s genocide allegation against Israel.
• Protesters carried banners accusing Israel of war crimes and urged the caretaker cabinet to curb its military campaign in Gaza.
• The Dutch coalition collapsed on June 3 after a far-right party withdrew support, leaving a caretaker government that has so far refrained from outright criticism of Israel.
• Gaza’s health ministry reports over 55,000 Palestinian deaths in the conflict, with mass displacement and widespread malnutrition.