The protest was organised by Scottish Friends of Palestine and the Gaza Genocide Emergency Committee.
Thousands have attended a pro-Palestine demonstration organised by Scottish Friends of Palestine and the Gaza Genocide Emergency Committee in Edinburgh .
Activists showed support for one million people who fled southern Lebanon following an Israeli invasion and air strikes, according to Oxfam statistics.Top news stories today Gerry Coutts, 60, a teacher from Glasgow, helped to organise the protest for Scottish Friends of Palestine and said he had never seen as many families attending as in the past year.
"The worrying thing is that the pattern the Israeli military has used in Gaza is now unfolding in Lebanon. "It is not a normal conflict. We don't teach that there were 'two sides' to apartheid - we look at international law. With apartheid, we didn't want the destruction of white people - we wanted a just society, for everybody."Mr Coutts said: "I think young people are saying to their parents 'I want to go' - that's been a new thing this year. You can see children are being bombed.
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