IN PICS: Galloway and Ridley join thousands at Cape Town Palestine march

In Cape Town, thousands of demonstrators marched along the Sea Point promenade on Saturday to demand an end to the "genocide" in Gaza. Organized by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), the rally saw participants carrying signs and chanting slogans like "Free, free Palestine" and "An end to all genocide." PSC chairperson Jaamia Galant recounted the ongoing suffering of Palestinians who have endured "more than 1,000 days in which Palestinians have walked among the ruins of their homes," facing "hunger, thirst and freezing cold."

She emphasized that "for Palestinians who live in Gaza and the West Bank today, their very existence is the ultimate act of resistance." Israeli actions in the West Bank were also condemned as genocide by Galant. Sharif Moosa, a Palestinian journalist in Cape Town, stated that the people have been living under the "longest trial of humanity's failing conscience" for four years, and questioned why people still justify Israel's actions by focusing solely on the October 7th incident.

Amid the demonstration, British politician George Galloway stated that "the winds of change are blowing. Israel has never been so hated as it is today. Palestine has never been so loved as it is today." The march was supported by various political parties, including the ANC, EFF, Al-Jama'ah, and the newly formed One Love Alliance.