Tides of red, black, green and white; kufiyas and watermelons, slogans against the genocide in Gaza and chants of “Free Palestine” and banners against the killing of children and in favor of a ceasefire. Over the past two years, demonstrators around the world have taken to the streets to protest the actions of an increasingly isolated Israel. And the indignation and citizen pressure campaigns against the murders, displacement and famine of Gazans have only grown in recent months.
Between May and September 2025, protests in favor of Palestine have increased by 43% compared to the previous five months, according to the analysis and study center ACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event Data), which bases its count on press information.
“The global mobilization related to the conflict (92%) is mostly in support of Palestine,” he explains to elDiario.es Ciro Murillo, deputy analysis coordinator at ACLED. The researcher adds that, although it has not yet reached the same levels as those recorded at the end of 2023, mobilization in support of Palestine has increased “considerably” in recent months.
Behind this momentum of the global movement there are mainly two factors. The first, the deterioration of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza in recent months due to “the murder of civilians, massive displacements, famine and the blockade of the entry of aid,” says Murillo. The second is “the expansion of Israeli military operations” to new areas of the Strip, mainly since the unilateral end of the ceasefire by Israel in March of this year.
Between October 7, 2023, when Israel began its punitive war against the population of Gaza after the Hamas attacks, and September 26, 2025, the organization has registered 48,000 demonstrations in favor of Palestine. This represents 15% of all demonstrations held in the world – for all causes – during this period, according to their analysis.
A total of 137 countries and territories have been the scene of these protests. The geographical foci are clear: the Middle East, North Africa, North America, Western Europe, Australia and Japan.
ACLED has recorded the highest number of pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Yemen, Morocco, the United States, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, France, Italy, Spain and Australia, respectively. These countries concentrate 75% of the protests.
In the case of Spain, the data collected by ACLED shows how protests experienced a clear peak last September, coinciding with the mobilization against the participation of the Israel-Premier Tech team in La Vuelta cycling, which culminated in the stoppage of the last stage in Madrid on September 14.
Compared to other countries, researchers have not counted as many protests in much of the so-called global south. “We have not analyzed this phenomenon in detail, so we are still not clear about the reasons, but there are several hypotheses,” says Murillo. “Social mobilization in countries of the global south is determined mainly by internal issues: human rights, security, economy, among others. And international crises can be perceived by the public of these countries as distant issues.”
Another piece of information that ACLED provides is that the pro-Palestinian mobilizations are eminently peaceful. Only 1% of protests, according to researchers, have been violent.
Is the pro-Palestinian mobilization now greater than at other times in recent history? “We have implemented an internal system that helps us identify demonstrations related to the conflict quickly. However, it only applies to protests from October 7, 2023 onwards,” responds the ACLED researcher. “It does not mean that before that date we did not register protests in support of Palestine, it just means that we cannot identify it with the same accuracy as we do with those registered after October 7. Therefore, I could not conclude exactly if the Palestinian cause is receiving more support compared to other times,” he concludes.