No, I recall the protests erupting shortly after Israel started annihilating Gaza and chasing the refugee population around the country.
for your sanity stop replying to invalidname, that dude is in every single Israel / Palestine post, with non-stop commenting. I think he's (she's?) paid to astro-turf here. Just look at their history, and then look at mine for a convo that I have had with them in the past.