Organisers estimate at least 200,000 at Amsterdam Gaza protest

Demonstrators began marching from Amsterdam’s Museumplein on Sunday in a large Rode Lijn protest against the Dutch government’s policy on Israel, calling for measures against Israel and drawing attention to the war in Gaza.

The march goes around Vondelpark, passing along streets including the Stadhouderskade, Overtoom and Amstelveenseweg, before returning to Museumplein. An information market organised by the protest is planned there.

Many participants wore red and carried Palestinian flags. Earlier speeches also criticised companies that speakers said were complicit in genocide in Gaza through, for example, trade with Israel. Booking.com, medicines manufacturer Teva and Dutch banks were among those named.

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Organisers estimate that at least 200,000 people are taking part in the fourth Rode Lijn demonstration in Amsterdam, with the preliminary count based partly on crowd-control software and aerial images, Amnesty International says.

The protest began at Museumplein, where the square was already full early in the afternoon, according to ANP. Demonstrators, dressed in red, are walking around Vondelpark to show support for Palestinians and demand Dutch government action over Israel and the war in Gaza.

The previous Amsterdam demonstration, in October 2025, drew about 250,000 people, according to organisers. The first two protests, held in The Hague, attracted 100,000 and 150,000 participants respectively. The October 2025 protest was described as the largest in the Netherlands in 20 years.

NS had planned longer trains for the expected crowds, while the Dutch journalists’ union had said it would join the demonstration to highlight press freedom and journalists’ safety in Gaza.