(Your Tax Dollars at Work in the Middle East)

As the civilian death toll in Gaza rises and Israel snubs international calls for a ceasefire, worldwide anger has sparked large protests as well as renewed calls for a global boycott against Israel. In London, at least 20,000 and as many as 100,000 people demonstrated Saturday outside the Israeli embassy while leading British Jews issued a call on Israel to halt alled the "horror" in Gaza. Some 30,000 demonstrators marched in Paris against Israel's war on Gaza while another 90,000 joined protests in other cities throughout France (AFP). Demonstrations in other European cities, including Dublin, Berlin, Athens, Rome, and Amsterdam also drew tens of thousands (DW). In the United States, large demonstrations against the Israeli slaughter of innocent civilians in Gaza were staged on Saturday in cities including New York, Washington, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Israeli peace activists protested also in Tel Aviv, a signal to the world that opposition to the killing in Gaza is widespread even within Israel (Haaretz, Al-Jazeera). Friday and Saturday also saw large protests against Israeli actions in cities across the Muslim world including Algiers, Alexandria, Ramallah, Baghdad, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Jakarta, and Kuala Lumpur (AFP). Meanwhile, there are renewed calls for a global boycott, divestment, and sanctions against Israel from groups such as the Global BDS Movement, while Canadian journalist Naomi Klein writes: "The best strategy to end the increasingly bloody occupation is for Israel to become the target of the kind of global movement that put an end to apartheid in South Africa." Some are also calling for a boycott of US exports for its continuing support of Israel.

Has the world finally had enough? 

Slide show: Gaza Massacre by Sabbah.

Photo gallery: Child victims of Gaza violence.