pelespiritJun 16, 2025

Hundreds of Thousands Form 'Red Line' Around The Hague

https://sh.itjust.works/post/40289921

Hundreds of Thousands Form 'Red Line' Around The Hague - sh.itjust.works

Hundreds of thousands of people dressed in red marched through the streets of The Hague on Sunday to demand more action against the “genocide” in Gaza. NGOs such as Amnesty International, Save the Children, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), and Oxfam organized the demonstration, which ran through the city to the International Court of Justice. The protesters were all dressed in red, creating a “red line”. Organisers described it as the country’s largest demonstration in two decades. Many waving Palestinian flags and some chanting “Stop the Genocide”, the demonstrators turned a central park in the city into a sea of red on a sunny afternoon.

Show threadcmeioJun 16, 2025
I really question the hundreds of thousands, in a city of half a million of people - that would mean that half of the city. Thats definitely fake news. Even in the picture if the article it says suddenly tens of thousands. Sounds all a bit fish tbh
Show threadAkasazh

You know the Netherlands is about 16,040 sq m, where about 18 million people live.

For some Americans crossing the entire country is an acceptable daily commute

Jun 16, 2025 at 7:07pmWeb
Show threadcmeioJun 16, 2025
Why bring America to the discussion, if its about a protest in Europe about a war in Asia?
Show threadAkasazhJun 16, 2025

I figured it would be helpful to show how close everything together it’s in the Netherlands and how many people live in a small area.

If you just look at the stats for the Hague, like you did it is kind of hard to understand where so many people come from. I took it that it must be someone who is not from Europe. Hence the American metaphor for distance (and the milage instead of kilometers)

Show threadcmeioJun 16, 2025
I am from Europe and know the Netherlands well. Even if all is close by, the number was a bit to big. And looking at other news outlets, it was. Not even the organisers say that number.
Show threadAkasazhJun 16, 2025

I was reacting to you saying:

that would mean that half of the city. Thats definitely fake news

People came from all over the Netherlands, it’s not a big commute to take. In 1983 555.000 people protested against nuclear weapons. That was back when there where 4 million fewer people in the country. So 150.000 is far from impossible.

Show threadcmeioJun 17, 2025
I didn’t mean that 150.000 is impossible. I meant that 150.000 is not hundreds of thousands. That would only start at a full multiple of 100.000. But as I also wrote below by now, its probably not as important as I took it in my first comment
Show threadAkasazhJun 17, 2025

Aha that I can see. It’s a bit semantically difficult as saying tens of thousands instead is a bit diminutive.

But a demonstration of multiple of hundred thousand people is not unheard of, for example the 1983 example.