Tens of thousands march through Amsterdam in Gaza war protest

Tens of thousands of people marched through Amsterdam on Sunday, 8 November, to demand that the Dutch government take stronger action against Israel over the war in Gaza, according to Euronews, The Washington Post, The Hindu, and The Independent. Common Dreams reported that 200,000 people joined the rally. [1][4][6][7][8]

Euronews reported that many of the demonstrators wore red as part of the country's ongoing "Red Line" protest movement. Large crowds filled streets that had been closed to traffic, including the area surrounding the Van Gogh Museum. Demonstrators carried Palestinian flags and placards reading "Not in my name", "Gaza is being starved", and "Stop the Genocide", while chanting "Free Palestine" and "Shame on you". [1]

Organisers called on the Dutch government in The Hague to implement tougher trade sanctions against Israel, Euronews reported. The protest forms part of a broader sequence of demonstrations in the Netherlands challenging the response of the Dutch government to Israel's military actions in Gaza, as noted by The Times of India. [1][5]

As FTMQ News reported earlier, demonstrators gathered in the Netherlands in October 2026 at the World Medical Association summit in Rotterdam to demand the suspension of the Israeli Medical Association. Protests over the war in Gaza also spread across Europe in May 2024, leading to mass arrests in the Netherlands. [11][14]