Overview

• Rights groups including Amnesty International and Oxfam organized the red-clad march, which drew an estimated 150,000 participants to press the Dutch government.
• Protesters marched to the Peace Palace, headquarters of the International Court of Justice, and called on the Netherlands to reconsider EU agreements with Israel and impose concrete sanctions.
• The demonstration intensified scrutiny on the caretaker cabinet that has governed since the coalition collapse on June 3.
• The Gaza conflict, sparked by Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack, has resulted in more than 55,000 Palestinian deaths and is at the center of the ICJ’s genocide investigation.
• Similar pro-Palestine protests have unfolded in Belgium, Turkiye, Brazil and Greece, underscoring growing international discontent with Israel’s military offensive.