According to the British "Guardian" on December 24, on the 23rd, thousands of supporters of Palestine waved pan-Arabic flags and wore iconic Palestinian headscarves to hold a series of organized "Christmas should not be celebrated as usual during genocide" rallies and marches across the United States.
Organizers of the "Shut Down for Palestine" campaign said the group focused its activities on the second most popular shopping day of the year, the day before Christmas Eve.
"This Christmas, the occupying forces are sniping at the ** who have taken refuge in a besieged church in Gaza, and the ** in Bethlehem has announced the cancellation of the festivities," the group posted. People all over the world must also declare that Christmas cannot be as usual during the genocide!”
Posts on social media reportedly showed activity in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, and Chicago.
In Chicago, a convoy temporarily blocked a highway and the entrance to Chicago's O'Hare Airport.
In New York, pro-Palestinian groups held rallies on Fifth Avenue and 59th Street, the heart of Manhattan's luxury shopping district. The one shouted, "While you were shopping, the bombs were falling." ”
In San Francisco, the U.S. gathered to call for a permanent ceasefire and an end to U.S. spending on the war, NBC reported. Farid Babrakzai, a local resident, told NBC News reporters that the United States "would rather spend money on war and occupation" than on solving social problems at home.
According to the report, the event on the 23rd took place at a time when Biden was facing increasing public and political pressure, with all parties demanding that Biden use his influence over Israel to agree to Israel's demands for a humanitarian ceasefire.
According to the British Sky News Channel, pro-Palestinian ** came to central London on the 23rd, interfering with Christmas shoppers and urging them to boycott "pro-Israel" brands.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the Puma store, and some shouted, "Let it close." The leaflets distributed included a list of brands to boycott, and the sports company that sponsors Israel's national soccer team was among them.
Two stores of fashion giant Shara have also been targeted. Earlier this month, Shara retracted an ad because of complaints that the ad was similar to the war between Israel and Hamas.
The leaflet that was distributed read: "Christmas should not be celebrated as usual during the genocide. Britain is complicit. "Don't fund the genocide of Palestinians. Boycott Israel. ”
The Canadian television network** also reported on December 24 that with two days to go before Christmas, pro-Palestinian demonstrators once again took to the streets of Ottawa to denounce Israel's ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.
The event, organized by the Palestinian Youth Movement, was called "Christmas should not be celebrated as usual during the genocide", and some people dressed in Santa Claus costumes repeatedly called for a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and called on Canada to end arms sales to Israel. (Compiled by Hu Xue).