While it was quiet inside Scotiabank Centre for the opening matches of the Davis Cup tie on Friday, it was anything but outside the downtown arena as hundreds of demonstrators marched through the streets of Halifax protesting Israel’s participation in the two-day tennis event against Canada.

“There are lots of people unhappy about this,” said Windsor’s Andrew Glencross, holding a sign that read: ‘Don’t let tennis hide a genocide’. “This is not just some fringe extremist group.”

Organized by Palestine Solidarity Halifax, the protestors gathered for a brief rally on the Garrison Grounds. Holding banners and Palestinian flags, beating drums while bellowing chants of Free Palestine, the throng began their long, peaceful march towards Halifax City Hall making stops along the way.

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