Washington sees largest pro-Palestine protest in US history

Protesters filled the streets of Washington DC on Saturday afternoon calling for a ceasefire, in what attendees and observers said was the largest pro-Palestine protest in US history.

Organisers said in a press statement on Sunday that the turnout was over 300,000.

Several in attendance told MEE that the ongoing Israeli bombing campaign of Gaza, which has so far killed more than 9,000 Palestinians, had triggered an awakening in the country's public consciousness. 

"I've posted different things on my Instagram, and people would DM me asking me what this is all about. Then [sic] they learn about it," Tone Trump, a Muslim artist from Philadelphia, told MEE.

"It's waking up the world, and not just their hearts but their minds. Even myself, I have been learning so much over the past few weeks."

You can read MEE journalist Umar A Farooq's full report from the Washington protest below. 

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