{
  "id": 12999191,
  "title": "Europe sees fragmented pro-Palestinian protests on the three year anniversary of October 7",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/europe-sees-fragmented-pro-palestinian-protests-on-the-three-year",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T01:58:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/international/article-911126"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Three years have passed since Hamas launched attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, sparking pro-Palestinian protests across Europe. However, these demonstrations were not the only focus of the anniversary. In Germany, Britain, and the Netherlands, the solidarity rallies faced arrests or restrictions. Meanwhile, in France and Spain, education and housing protests overshadowed the Palestinian cause.\n\nIn Berlin, 700 people gathered in Kreuzberg neighborhood, including climate activist Greta Thunberg, who joined a flotilla to deliver aid to Gaza. Berlin police made over 30 arrests and investigated \"propaganda-related and violent offenses.\"\n\nIn London, 11 people were arrested at protests outside the Board of Deputies of British Jews, with accusations of inciting racial hatred. The Board of Deputies condemned the masked protesters chanting \"intifada\" and harassing neighbors.\n\nUniversities in Edinburgh and Glasgow also saw hundreds of pro-Palestinian rallies, with demands for divestment from Israel. In the Netherlands, about 150 people demonstrated in Amsterdam's Dam Square, some carrying banners that said \"We support Hamas\" and burning an Israeli flag. Mayor Femke Halsema disbanded the protest, deeming some banners and slogans \"shocking and distasteful.\"\n\nIn France, mass protests against deteriorating school conditions drew hundreds of thousands to the streets, overshadowing the Pro-Palestinian rallies. A Paris demonstration initially barred by police continued after the city's administrative court suspended the ban. In Spain, thousands protested housing affordability crises, with a Barcelona rally attended by nearly 92,000 people and about 70,000 in Barcelona. Samidoun, a group linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, called the Hamas attacks a \"heroic operation.\"",
  "summary": "Pro-Palestinian rallies in France were dwarfed by mass protests against deteriorating school conditions, drawing hundreds of thousands to the streets and sparking thousands of arrests.",
  "key_points": [
    "Three years since October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks sparked pro-Palestinian protests across Europe.",
    "In Germany, Britain, and the Netherlands, solidarity rallies faced arrests or restrictions.",
    "Education and housing protests in France and Spain overshadowed the Palestinian cause."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Pro-Palestinian protests in Europe on the three-year anniversary of October 7 were marked by varying degrees of restriction and overshadowed by other issues, indicating a shift in public priorities and tolerance.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Arutz Sheva - Israel National News",
        "title": "Watch: El-Sayed walks away when asked about October 7 anniversary",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/watch-el-sayed-walks-away-when-asked-about-october-7-anniversary",
        "published": "2026-10-09T02:46:15.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}