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Tens of thousands rally in Dutch Gaza protest

Published: 15 Jun 2025 - 03:14 pm | Last Updated: 15 Jun 2025 - 03:29 pm
Protestors wave Palestinian flags and signs as they attend a demonstration called by Oxfam Novib, PAX, Amnesty International, Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders in support for the Palestinians, in The Hague on June 15, 2025. (Photo by ANP KOEN VAN WEEL / ANP / AFP)

Protestors wave Palestinian flags and signs as they attend a demonstration called by Oxfam Novib, PAX, Amnesty International, Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders in support for the Palestinians, in The Hague on June 15, 2025. (Photo by ANP KOEN VAN WEEL / ANP / AFP)

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The Hague: Tens of thousands of people dressed in red marched through the streets of The Hague Sunday to demand more action from the Dutch government against what they termed a "genocide" in Gaza.

Rights groups such as Amnesty International and Oxfam organised the demonstration through the city to the International Court of Justice, creating a so-called "red line".

Many waving Palestinian flags and some chanting "Stop the Genocide", the demonstrators turned a central park in the city into a sea of red on a sunny afternoon.

Protesters brandished banners reading "Don't look away, do something", "Stop Dutch complicity", and "Be silent when kids sleep, not when they die".

Organisers urged the Dutch government -- which collapsed on June 3 after a far-right party pulled out of a fragile coalition -- to do more to rein in Israel.

"People in Gaza cannot wait and the Netherlands has a duty to do everything it can to stop the genocide," they said in their call to action.

Dodo Van Der Sluis, a 67-year-old pensioner, told AFP: "It has to stop. Enough is enough. I can't take it anymore."

"I'm here because I think it's maybe the only thing you can do now as a Dutch citizen, but it's something you have to do," she added.

A previous protest in The Hague on May 18 drew more than 100,000 people, according to organisers, who described it as the country's largest demo in 20 years.

Police did not give an estimate for that demonstration.