Millions of people around the world, in many cases under pouring rain, marched in support of Gaza on Saturday as Israel’s deadline for an invasion of the enclave’s southern city of Rafah approaches. In what organisers called a Global Day of Action, specifically “Hands Off Rafah” for this weekend’s demonstrations, protesters from diverse backgrounds took to the streets of hundreds of cities – from Seattle to Seoul. As the crowd swelled in downtown San Francisco, with drums beating and flags waving, an elderly Palestinian man with his family approached the demonstration holding a sign reading: I…