The issue — largely forgotten — is one of continued occupation and blockade, a grossly asymmetrical conflict that has deliberately and systematically disabled Gaza’s economy and people.

The demonstrators were united in their determination not just to protest at this latest outrage by Israel but to call for an end to the siege of Gaza and for justice for all Palestinians.

We have a right to exist, and will continue to exist as a reminder that we have a land, somewhere in Palestine, that has been stolen, and we have the right to demand it back.

Israel has kept Palestinians of Gaza in the world's largest outdoor prison and kept them under an illegal blockade aimed at limiting their nutrition without altogether starving them to death.

"There is an unprecedented mood among the people. We lost a lot, we are bleeding, but there is this feeling that we made it, that this was a victory."

Rarely would a state get such an easy run from the media after killing so many civilians, many of whom were children, in what the BBC now calls the 'flare-up' of violence.

The question, is how did a ceasefire get declared just at the moment when by all the ordinary laws of Israeli politics bombardment should have been followed by invasion of Gaza.

It's not the first time Ronaldo has given to Gaza. Last year he sold most of his sports shoes at a Real Madrid Foundation auction which was also dedicated to raising funds for schools in Gaza.

It's the duty of anyone who gets assassinated to make sure they're in a clear, open space at all times so the cruise missile aimed at them doesn't bump into anyone else.

Gazans are an occupied people and have the right to resist, including by armed force (though not to target civilians), while Israel is an occupying power that has an obligation to withdraw.