International protests follow Gaza offensive

Protesters in London burn the Israeli flag. More than 100,000 people joined the rally.  (Chris Jackson / Getty Images)

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest Tuesday in one of two dueling rallies in front of the Israeli Consulate in L.A.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Pro-Israel demonstrators at the Israeli Consulate in L.A. show their support for the nation’s entry into Gaza.

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Jordanian demonstrators carry mock grave stones bearing the inscription “Gazan” in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Protesters also set up a tent near the Israeli Embassy in Amman, Jordan’s capital.

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Sudanese children attend a demonstration in Khartoum to protest Israel’s attacks in the Gaza Strip.

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Thai Muslims shout anti-Israel slogans during a demonstration at the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok , Thailand’s capital.

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A Lebanese student shouts pro-Palestinian slogans during a demonstration in Beirut held by the militia group Hezbollah to protest Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip.

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Pakistani activists take part in a rally in Islamabad against Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip.

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A Muslim girl in the Indian city of Mumbai, formerly Bombay, adds her voice to those protesting Israeli military operations in Gaza.

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  (Rajanish Kakade / Associated Press)

Philippine protesters in Manila decry Israel’s attacks in the Gaza Strip.

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Philippine protesters hurl an effigy of a shoe toward the Israeli Embassy in Makati, Manila’s financial district, in protest of Israeli attacks in Gaza.

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Demonstrators wave a Palestinian flag during a protest in Madrid. Israeli ground troops and tanks cut swaths through the Gaza Strip early Sunday, cutting the coastal territory into two and surrounding its biggest city.

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In Madrid, Spain, demonstrators light candles dedicated to the victims of the attacks in Gaza.

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In Barcelona, Spain, men hold a fake body during a pro-Palestinian protest at Sant Jaume square.  (Josep Lago / AFP/Getty Images)

An anti-Israel protest took place in Anaheim on Sunday. Israel did not ask for U.S. backing in advance of a ground offensive into Gaza, Vice President Dick Cheney said today, as tens of thousands of Israeli troops backed by tanks pounded the Palestinian enclave.  (Jewel Samad / AFP/Getty Images)

A man displays a placard, viewable by passing cars at a street protest in Anaheim.   (Jewel Samad / AFP/Getty Images)

A protester wipes his shoes on a symbolic Israeli flag during a demonstration in Athens, Greece on Sunday. Two separate marches from the city center reached the Israeli embassy, about 3 miles from central Athens, to protest the Israeli army’s incursion into Gaza following 8 days of aerial bombardment.  (Petros Giannakouris / Associated Press)

Lebanese protesters hold candles during a vigil in front of the Egyptian embassy to protest Israel’s attacks against the Gaza Strip, in Beirut, Lebanon.  (Mahmoud Tawil / Associated Press)

A protester waves the Palestinian flag along New York‘s 42nd Street as a demonstration passes by demanding an end to the Israeli attacks on Gaza. Israeli tanks and infantry entered Gaza after nightfall Saturday, launching a ground offensive that the military said would be a “lengthy operation” in a widening war on Gaza’s Hamas rulers.  (David Goldman / Associated Press)

Pro-Israel protesters cheer in New York‘s Times Square, across the street from a pro-Palestinian demonstration.  (David Goldman / Associated Press)

Israeli demonstrators in Tel Aviv show their support for Israel’s military action in the Gaza Strip. Israeli protesters, background, wave the Palestinian flag. Israel says it was forced to act to curb attacks by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which launches rockets into Israel from the coastal territory it controls. Critics of Israel’s attack say it is an overreaction. The U.N. says one-fourth of those killed have been civilians.  (Ariel Schalit / Associated Press)

Israeli activists wave banners during a demonstration in Tel Aviv against the Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip.  (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP/Getty Images)

Israelis chant anti-Hamas slogans and wave Israeli flags during a rally in support of Israel’s army and the military operation in the Gaza Strip. Israeli troops entered Gaza under cover of darkness, escalating the war on Hamas. The placard in Hebrew reads: “Let the IDF win, bring back Gilad.” The IDF is the Israel Defense Forces, and Gilad Shalit is an Israeli soldier captured by Hamas in 2006.  (Gail Tibbon / AFP/Getty Images)

Demonstrators in Paris chant anti-Israel slogans during a protest against airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. The signs read, “How many more dead?”  (Remy de la Mauviniere / Associated Press)

Protesters burn an Israeli flag outside the Israeli Embassy in London.  (Oli Scarff / Getty Images)

Demonstrators pray in Piazza Duomo in Milan at the end of a protest against Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.  (Giuseppe Cacace / AFP/Getty Images)