Tens of thousands rally in Washington DC calling for ceasefire

Tens of thousands of demonstrators from all corners of the United States came to Freedom Plaza in Washington DC on Saturday afternoon to demonstrate in support of Palestine and to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Dubbed the National March on Washington, it brought together hundreds of organisations from around the country, who organised buses, flights, and trains to get protesters into the US capital.

The march was organised by the Palestinian Youth Movement, the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, National Students for Justice in Palestine, and several other groups.

"We’re here to tell the world that what's going on in Israel in no way represents Jewish people,” Moshe, an Orthodox Jewish man who travelled from New York to attend the protest, told Middle East Eye.

The crowd continues to grow into the afternoon with hundreds seen walking in every few minutes.

Prominent speakers taking part in the march include Palestinian activist Mohammed el-Kurd and Muslim American scholar Imam Omar Suleiman.