Huge pro-Palestinian London march calls for permanent ceasefire

That's cool and all, but how can they possibly resolve their differences when they have fundamentally genocidal governments?

So, the idea that peace is unattainable because both sides don't want it is basically Israeli propaganda. That hasn't been true since at least 1993. Even Hamas has accepted permanent ceasefires (specifically one in 2008 and another in 2012) before, which stipulated that Israel would lift the blockade. Well that didn't happen, and Gaza kept getting airstriked at the same frequency (even though due to Hamas's efforts rocket attacks went down to next to nothing), so after a long time (over a year in the 2012 case) hostilities resumed from the Hamas side. I'm saying from the Hamas side because in both cases after signing ceasefires Israel just... Didn't cease firing, let alone lift the blockade.
- Thanks for the details, what any the Hamas charter calling for the obliteration of Israel?
  It seems like another case of 'the fundamentalist crazies' ruining it for the 'moderates' that just want progress, but that's wrapping it all up very black and white and in aware generations of horror keep bringing it back to mass casualties (mostly of innocents, it seems)
Would Hamas be genocidal as you call it if they weren't living in an open air prison?
It's not like they have a nation that they can work towards its prosperity.
- As far as I understand it, the Hamas charter specifically details Israel and the Jews being destroyed. I'm not in any way defending either government, it seems that they both need to go.
  And then there's the other neighbours who also aren't keen on Israel...
- Indeed... I'm aware in being idealistic or naïve

I don't understand these comments, seems like someone trying to discourage people from joining...

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Protesters old and young chanted for a ceasefire as they marched down Park Lane to Whitehall, some draped with Palestinian flags, donning keffiyehs and armed with “Free Palestine” signs and olive branches.

Organisers of Saturday’s march, which has drawn hundreds of thousands of demonstrators to London’s streets and elsewhere in the UK since the conflict began, said the temporary truce showed that a permanent ceasefire was possible.

As diplomats hope to announce plans to extend the four-day temporary ceasefire in Gaza well before it ends, the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his defence team said Israel’s military was already preparing for the restart of hostilities after four days.

The 1,500 Met police officers on duty this weekend handed out flyers warning demonstrators against the use of racist words and images or celebrating terrorism.

However, the law also protects people from racist and religious abuse and prohibits the promotion of terrorism,” deputy assistant commissioner Ade Adelekan said on Friday.

“What Israel is doing is totally disproportionate to what Hamas did – which was not right, absolutely not right,” said King, who has attended every march since the conflict began on 7 October, and will continue until it’s resolved.

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