Hundreds turn out in Vancouver to call for Gaza ceasefire
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Large numbers of protesters turned out for a rally in support of Palestine, despite cold and wet conditions in Vancouver on Thursday.
A dark and rainy night didn’t stop hundreds of people from rallying in downtown Vancouver Thursday night to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
The event was one of nearly 100 across Canada and the U.S., under the banner of “shut it down for Palestine.”
Following speeches on the stairs of the Vancouver Art Gallery, protesters took to the streets, marching to a fundraiser for federal Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly in Yaletown.
“We are calling for a ceasefire,” protester Janine Solanki told Global News.
“Israel has been bombing daily,” she added, pointing to the destruction of hospitals, mosques and churches in the Gaza strip.
Demonstrators want to pressure the minister to halt what she alleged was Canada’s unequivocal support of the Israeli government, which she accused of “indiscriminate bombing of the Gaza strip and also attacking Palestinians in the West Bank.”
“What we are demanding is peace for all in Palestine,” she said.
Demonstrator Flora Cholac said her husband was Palestinian, and that she had friends in Gaza and the West Bank who were being forced from their homes.
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