Hamburg Demonstration Condemns US-Israeli Actions in Gaza and Yemen

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Hamburg: The Yemeni and Palestinian communities in Germany gathered for a mass demonstration in Hamburg on Saturday, voicing their opposition to the US-Israeli aggression against Gaza and Yemen. Participants included members of both the Yemeni and Palestinian communities living in Germany.

According to Yemen News Agency, demonstrators waved Yemeni, Palestinian, and Lebanese flags while chanting slogans that condemned the US-Israeli actions. They criticized what they described as brutal aggression and bloody attacks on Gaza and Yemen, emphasizing that these actions equate to terrorism perpetrated by Israel and the United States. The demonstrators argued that these acts are the result of global complicity and highlighted the inaction of the United Nations as a contributing factor.

Protesters expressed that these violations of international law and humanitarian principles demonstrate a disregard for international peace and coexistence. They stressed that such actions constitute blatant violations of international, humanitarian covenants, norms, and laws. The demonstration featured a speech by Zahraa Ayesh Al-Sindi, a child representing the Yemeni community, who highlighted the indiscriminate nature of the crimes committed in Gaza and Yemen, affecting individuals of all ages, including children, the elderly, pregnant women, and nursing mothers.

Al-Sindi pointed out that the aggression does not discriminate, impacting residential neighborhoods, schools, and hospitals alike. She criticized the world's silence in the face of these events, suggesting that it emboldens the perpetrators and exacerbates the situation by threatening to erase the Palestinian cause from the Arab and Islamic consciousness.