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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Ajit Niranjan

Controversy over European climate activists’ criticism of Israel

Extinction Rebellion activists hold a banner reading 'Netanyahu is a war criminal' outside the international criminal court.
Dutch authorities detained 19 activists from Extinction Rebellion on Monday after they occupied the entrance to the international criminal court. Photograph: Aleks Furtula/AP

European climate activists have staged protests and posted messages in support of Palestinians, prompting an online backlash and raising internal questions within the environmental movement.

Long-running tension in the Middle East exploded on 7 October when Hamas militants killed 1,400 people in southern Israel. Since then, Israeli strikes have killed at least 5,087 Palestinians, 2,055 of them children, according to the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza.

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