At 8pm local time (19:00 GMT), a vigil was held to commemorate the victims of the violence, with the number of the dead currently over 450 people.
Belfast says NO to the Genocide and @bbc bias #FreePalestine. pic.twitter.com/ZK9LYJQlw6
— Charlie Craig (@ladygeekgeek) July 20, 2014
The protesters say that the BBC is pro-Israel in its reports. For instance, they say that the company provides little coverage of Palestinian solidarity protests in the UK.
Banners branded the BBC as “British Bulls**t Corporation” and called Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu “Antichrist.”
It comes almost a week after several anti-BBC protests took place across the UK: in London, Manchester, Liverpool, and Newcastle. The demonstrators were saying that the corporation is “duty-bound” to provide unbiased coverage.
Over the last week, widespread solidarity rallies have been taking place all over Europe, for example, in Vienna, Paris and London.
This was Belfast tonight – protest at the BBC. @PalestineSocial@Palestinianismpic.twitter.com/YgSAGdFwCL
— CelticChuck5088 (@CelticChuck67) July 20, 2014
More than 70 Palestinians were killed Sunday in the most intense day of fighting in the nearly fortnight-long offensive in Gaza, taking the total number of Palestinians killed to over 400 (AFP reported the numbers spiraling over 450 people).