International reactions to the 2014 Gaza War

The European Union condemned the violations of the laws of war by both sides, while stressing the "unsustainable nature of the status quo", and calling for a settlement based on the two-state solution.

The United Nations Human Rights Council announced a panel headed by William Schabas to investigate accusations of war crimes by both sides.

[159] Demonstrations in solidarity with Gaza took part or were scheduled in all regions of Spain, from Bilbao in the Basque Country to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia to Barcelona in Catalonia and in the Canary Islands.

"[160] In Brazil, protests organized by the Arab-Brazilian community and left-wing movements against Israel and for Palestine were attended by over 2000 people in São Paulo[161] and over hundreds in Rio de Janeiro, Recife, Porto Alegre, Foz do Iguaçu, Curitiba and Campinas.

"[163] One teenager aged 15–16 years old was killed in Khudwani, a village south of Srinagar when Indian government forces fired on a pro-Palestinian rally.

Demonstrators in Amman burned Israeli flags and urged Palestinian factions in Gaza to increase rocket attacks on Israel.

[172] Palestinian demonstrators claimed to have the support of the port's International Longshore and Warehouse Union(ILWU) dockworkers who they said had refused to unload the ship's cargo.

[173] On 25 July 2014, International Quds Day, millions of people around the world called for the liberation of Palestine and an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators, marched in streets of Afghanistan[174] Argentina,[175] Azerbaijan,[176] Germany[177] Iran[178] Lebanon[179] Australia[180] South Africa[181] Pakistan[182][183] India[184] Iraq[185] Bahrain[186] Belgium[187] West Bank[188] Canada[189] Jordan[190] Egypt[191] Singapore[192][193] Syria[194] Tunisia[192] Turkey[195] Yemen[196] Saudi Arabia[citation needed] China,[197] South Korea[192][198] Kenya[199] New Zealand[192] Nigeria[200][201] Sudan[citation needed] Algeria[citation needed] Bangladesh[202] Kyrgyzstan[203] United States[204] United Kingdom,[205][206] Tanzania,[124] Hong Kong,[207] Taiwan,[208][209][210] and Japan.

On 9 August 2014, a "Global Day of Rage"[218] drew tens of thousands of people across the world to protest Israel's offensive.

[220] In Paris, several thousand people marched, calling for end to Israeli aggression, carrying banners condemning the violence.

[219] In Tehran hundreds of doctors, nurses and paramedics gathered in "Palestine Square"[219] In New Delhi, a protest was organized by 70 political and social groups on the theme of "Stop The Genocide in Gaza!

Protestors demanded that the international community, including India should "boycott Israel till the time it continues the illegal occupation of Palestine".

Protesters urged the UN to convene a special general assembly to condemn Israeli aggression and demand the country abide by International law, Agreements and Conventions[221] In Yemen, an estimated 100,000 people attended a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Sanaa.

[222][223] Pro-Israel rallies were held in Argentina, Canada, Chile, El Salvador, Mexico, Russia, Uruguay and the United States.

[226] A pro-Israel rally of more than 1,200 supporters in Los Angeles resulted in physical violence after its protesters ripped a Palestinian flag away from a passing vehicle and began stomping on it.

[229] On 3 August 2014, 3000 people participated in The Bay Stands With Israel solidarity rally in downtown San Francisco, after which approximately 1,200 demonstrators marched under police escort.

Signed carried by the protestors included "Israel is the only country in the Middle East where they don't burn American flags" and "More Hummus, Less Hamas.

[235] In Budapest some 4,500 people attended an interfaith rally in support of Israel, while a smaller counter demonstration was held near the synagogue building by the far-right Hungarian Jobbik political party.

[242] On 16 August 2014 in Kolkata, India 20,000 demonstrators from the Hindu, Sikh, and Buddhist communities held the biggest pro-Israel rally so far with many Indian political activists proclaiming Israel's rights to defend itself.

[249][250][251] As the scale of Operation Protective Edge expanded, civilian casualties mounted and accusations of war crimes were levelled from different quarters.

[252] On 21 July, Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, criticized Israel's military operation stating that there was "a strong possibility that international law has been violated, in a manner that could amount to war crimes".

[253] Human rights advocacy group B'Tselem argued that both Palestinian rocket fire and Israeli targeting the homes of militia members, could constitute war crimes and be violating international law.

[259] Ecuador, Brazil, Peru, El Salvador and Chile recalled their ambassadors from Tel Aviv as a reaction to Israel's offensive.

[276] Pro-Israeli hackers called the Israeli Elite Force published what were said to be 45,000 usernames and passwords of government officials at the Gaza Ministry of Health.

Complaints were lodged at the South African Human Rights Commission against the regional secretary of the Western Cape region of COSATU, Tony Ehrenreich, over comments he made on social media that included the statement "The time has come to say very clearly that if a woman or child is killed in Gaza, then the Jewish board of deputies, who are complicit, will feel the wrath of the people of SA with the age old biblical teaching of an eye for an eye.

[302][better source needed] A mainstream newspaper in Spain published an op-ed which claimed that Israel's military operation demonstrated why Jews were so frequently expelled throughout history, and that "what is surprising is they persist.

Colombia's premiere weekly magazine also ran an op-ed which stated that Palestinian land has been occupied "since three thousand years ago, when Jews arrived there escaping from Egypt with Moses and Joshua, cutting heads and foreskins off of local inhabitants, Amalekites, Amorites, Canaanites, etc., to satisfy, they said, the demands of their bigoted one God who had appointed them his chosen people and had promised them all that foreign land.

[304] UN chief Ban condemned the rise of antisemitism in a published statement, declaring that the conflict in the Middle East must not be used as a pretext for prejudice affecting social peace.

"[308][309] Other Holocaust survivors both inside and outside of Israel were shocked about the rising anti-Semitism masked as anti-Israel criticism, with one saying "It's ok not to agree with the Israeli government, like lots of people do over here.