Thousands march on streets of Brussels demanding permanent ceasefire in Gaza

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Thousands took to the streets of Brussels on Sunday demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza as well as sanctions against Israel by both the Belgian government and European Union.

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00:00Thousands marched on the streets of Brussels calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza

00:06and urging both the Belgian government and the EU to sanction Israel.

00:11Demonstrators said the temporary ceasefire offered those in Gaza respite but that the

00:15agreement does not yet guarantee the end of the conflict for Palestinians.

00:21This protest was organized to demand a ceasefire in Gaza but when that ceasefire was announced

00:26violence in the West Bank intensified, leading many to wonder what's in store for the future

00:32of the Palestinian people.

00:33It could be that it's quiet in Gaza but in the West Bank there is an escalation of violence

00:39and of violation of human rights and we are also a little bit afraid of what Trump decides.

00:44He decides to stop the sanctions against more extreme colon so that's why we can be afraid

00:50of the message he's sending to Netanyahu.

00:53I don't feel like the political class is doing what they're supposed to do.

00:56I feel like the pressure has to come from people like us and from you know grassroots

01:02organizations and from I don't know boycotting and people all over the world saying that

01:07just this is not okay.

01:10Organizers on social media urged the Belgian government to impose a military embargo against

01:14Israel, support the ongoing case before the ICJ regarding Israel's conduct in the war

01:20and for the European Union to suspend its association agreement with Israel on the grounds

01:25of human rights violations.

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