Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through downtown Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon calling for an end to the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. This is one in a series of protests across the U.S. calling for a ceasefire in the Israeli-Hamas war.

“I attended the march in solidarity with the Palestinian people, in their struggle to come out and be vocal against oppression and injustice at a time that we see it being condoned in every facet of our society, like in the media and in institutions,” said Marjina Haque, a valley resident and a student at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), who re-initiated the Students for Justice in Palestine chapter at CSUN last year.

There were many students like Haque who protested.

They marched slowly down Hill Street with signs in hand chanting, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”

The demonstration stretched several blocks, with thousands in attendance.

Last week, thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched from the Israeli Consulate to the Federal Building in West LA, followed the next day by thousands of pro-Israeli demonstrators who marched to the Museum of Tolerance