Despite chauvinistic sentiments in Israeli and Palestinian societies,
not everyone on both sides of the front lines agrees with the war that
began with the brutal attack by Hamas clerical fascists on October 7.
Demonstrations are taking place in Israel and Gaza demanding an
immediate ceasefire and holding to account the ruling circles on both
sides responsible for escalating the conflict.
Already on October 14, voices were raised in Tel Aviv in solidarity with
Israeli hostages taken by Hamas, demanding the resignation of Prime
Minister Netanyahu. He is accused that his policies have actually
strengthened Hamas in opposition to Palestinian Authority circles
willing to seek compromise and coexistence with Israel. The very next
day, the government introduced measures authorizing the arrest of those
who harm the “spirit of the nation.” After an anti-war demonstration in
Haifa, the police chief threatened to send protesters to Gaza on October
19. Despite repression and terror by the far-right, a protest was staged
outside the Israeli prime minister’s residence on November 4. On
November 8, Israel’s Supreme Court authorized police to disperse
anti-war rallies. Nevertheless, on November 18, the first legal
demonstration against the war was held in Tel Aviv. A week later, on
November 25, demonstrators gathered in Jerusalem, demanding the prime
minister’s resignation. The following actions were met with police
repression: on November 29, protesters were arrested outside the
parliament, and on December 2 – outside the prime minister’s house in
Caesarea. On December 16, protesters camped outside the Israeli War
Ministry.
(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel-Hamas_war_protests [4])
On December 28, Israeli Jews and Arabs demonstrated together in Tel Aviv
to demand a ceasefire. However, scheduled protest marches for
Israeli-Palestinian peace in Tel Aviv on January 11 and in Haifa on
January 13 were banned by the police.
(https://www.timesofisrael.com/police-deny-permit-for-anti-war-protest-left-wing-groups-vow-high-court-appeal/)
But a demonstration in Haifa followed on January 20. Protesters chanted:
“Refuse to kill, refuse to fight, refuse to murder!”
(https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/1/20/refuse-to-fight-jewish-arab-activists-call-for-peace-in-israels-haifa)
The first protests against the Hamas regime in Gaza since the beginning
of the war were reported back in the fall, but it was difficult to
confirm this information, and the videos circulating on the Internet at
the time were from before the war began.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1OaYZO-aWs)
However, there were periodic reports of “hunger riots” in Gaza – attacks
on warehouses and food convoys. Now, in January 2024, there is finally
evidence of major protests in Gaza against the war with Israel and
against the clerical-fascist dictatorship, which, with its bloody
provocation on October 7, exposed civilians in the Strip to bombing and
fighting. For several days in January, hundreds of residents took to the
streets. On January 25, they marched through the Khan Younis
humanitarian corridor, chanting, “Down with Hamas!” “The people want a
ceasefire! Netanyahu and Sinwar, we want a ceasefire. Enough with war
and enough with the destruction!”, – could be heard over loudspeakers.
The day before, a video of a protest by Gaza youth in front of a
hospital in Deir el-Balah went around. Participants demanded that Hamas
release Israeli hostages and end the war so that they could return to
their homes in the northern sector.
(https://www.msn.com/de-de/nachrichten/welt/gazastreifen-hunderte-palästinenser-protestieren-gegen-die-hamas/ar-BB1hnNYd
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