Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip—backed by allies across the globe—organized protests on Wednesday against the Israeli government’s looming plan to further its apartheid policy by annexing up to a third of West Bank territory under U.S. President Donald Trump’s so-called “vision for peace” for the region, which was unveiled in January and championed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

In Gaza City, the Associated Press reports, thousands of protesters marched with Palestinian flags and signs decrying the annexation plan as a “declaration of war” on the Palestinian people.

Following that demonstration, which reportedly ended peacefully in the early afternoon, other rallies were planned in the West Bank.

Protest signs captured by photojournalists said that “Palestinian Lives Matter” and “The annexation is contrary to the U.N. Charter, and a fundamentally illegal act.”

The demonstrations in the occupied territories came after Hazim Qasim, a spokesperson