Thais take to streets in rare protest against Israel: ‘not promised land’

Hundreds of Thais, led by a veteran political activist, rallied outside the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok on Thursday in a rare public protest against a group of foreign nationals.

The protest follows months of complaints about illegal landholding, disrespect towards local culture and proliferation of religious houses for Israelis, echoing those made by some locals in the Philippines and Sri Lanka.

Israelis have been flocking to Thailand since the war on Gaza that followed the October 7 Hamas...