{"id":31761,"date":"2024-02-14T12:40:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T20:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=31761"},"modified":"2024-02-14T12:40:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T20:40:27","slug":"all-eyes-on-rafah-as-global-protests-against-looming-idf-assault-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/02\/14\/all-eyes-on-rafah-as-global-protests-against-looming-idf-assault-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"‘All Eyes on Rafah’ as Global Protests Against Looming IDF Assault Continue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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An Israeli woman holds a sign opposing Israel’s looming invasion of Rafah, Gaza during a February 13, 2024 protest outside the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo: Jack Guez\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Demonstrators turned out from Cardiff to Tel Aviv as Palestinians in the Gaza city endured heavy Israeli bombing while bracing for an all-out ground invasion.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BRETT WILKINS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feb 13, 2024 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Global emergency protests against Israel’s expected invasion of Rafah continued Tuesday, a day after demonstrators took to the streets of cities around the world to say “hands off” the southern Gaza<\/a> city whose population has swelled more than fivefold due to the influx of Palestinian war refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hundreds of protesters turned out in the cold and rain of Cardiff, Wales Tuesday afternoon, with demonstrations planned for later in the day in cities including Manchester<\/a>, England and Houston<\/a>, Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We do not care if it is raining\u2014it’s raining bombs in Rafah over a million Palestinians, squeezed into an area barely the size of an airport,” protest co-organizer Black Lives Matter<\/a> Cardiff & Vale said<\/a> on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/voice_wales\/status\/1757455640803397731?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1757455640803397731%7Ctwgr%5Eac65b1dd4e9804dbdca3c96728f6d7a363430ca3%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.commondreams.org%2Fnews%2Frafah<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Tel Aviv, a crowd of left-wing Israelis protested outside the headquarters of the Ministry of Defense, holding signs with messages including “Stop Bombing Gaza” and “Stop Funding Genocide.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now in Tel Aviv: Israeli left wing activists protest in front of the Ministry of Defense agagainst the planed ground operation in Rafah #gaza<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/08Zp6COjCl<\/a><\/p>— Oren Ziv (@OrenZiv_) February 13, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>