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For one day in Washington,\u00a0Palestinian flags<\/a>\u00a0outnumbered American flags on Pennsylvania Avenue, as tens of thousands of demonstrators descended on the US capital in what is believed to be the largest pro-Palestinian demonstration in US history.<\/p>\n On a sunny Saturday afternoon, protesters gathered to demand a ceasefire of Israel’s\u00a0nearly month-long assault on Gaza<\/a>. The military campaign\u00a0\u2013 which has far killed almost 10,000 Palestinians\u00a0\u2013 has been continuous since the surprise attack by Hamas on 7 October that killed more than 1,400 Israelis.<\/p>\n Before the official start of the demonstration, it was clear\u00a0it would be substantial<\/a>. Hours before the gathering at Freedom Plaza (now nicknamed by protesters as Gaza Plaza) in downtown Washington, DC, protesters could be seen with their signs, keffiyehs, embroidered clothes, and flags throughout the city and suburbs; chartered buses from different states lined the streets downtown; and multiple cars parked along the protest route were decorated with Palestinian symbols.<\/p>\n Washington DC now: largest pro #Palestine<\/a> and anti-war protest. One takeaway from my time in #Washington<\/a> as Palestine\u2019s ambassador is the huge gap between US politicians and the American people \u270a\ud83c\udffd pic.twitter.com\/H32RKYuDLB<\/a><\/p>— Husam Zomlot (@hzomlot) November 4, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>