Thousands of workers and students mobilize in the streets this Wednesdaywith partial strikes (of between two and four hours, called by UGT and CCOO) and in some cases supporting a day of general strike (of 24 hours, called by the CGTG, Solidaridad Obrera and the Student Union, among others), in favor of peace in Gaza and for justice and respect for the human rights of the Palestinian people.
Social organizations, unions and student associations throughout Spain have denounced the “genocide“committed by Israel against Palestine and have warned that the recent peace agreement signed that has led to the release of hostages cannot mean impunity for the Israeli Government.
In Catalonia There have been some incidents in the early hours of the morning, with some road closures and the blocking of access to the Port of Barcelona and the Autonomous University, as well as Sants station, where the Mossos have had to intervene. Likewise, in the afternoon, before beginning the 6:00 p.m. march in Barcelona, the Mossos They fired pepper spray at protesters around 5:15 p.m. who were located in front of the Sants station with the aim of dispersing them, in the presence of a bus from the Israeli basketball team Hapoel Jerusalem who was heading to Manresa (Barcelona).
Likewise, various groups They have blocked the access to the Nou Cogost to prevent Hapoel Jerusalem from reaching the pavilion and face Baxi Manresa in the match on the third day of the Euro Cup, scheduled behind closed doors at 8:45 p.m. The entities ‘Prou complicitat amb Israel’ (Enough complicity with Israel), ‘Bocott ICL‘ and Comunitat Palestinian de Catalunya had scheduled a rally at 4:00 p.m. in the parking lot, under the slogan ‘Let’s stop the game; Let’s stop the genocide.’
In Madridthe general secretaries of UGT and CCOO, Pepe Alvarez y Unai Sordorespectively, participated in the rally at the doors of the Hospital del Niño Jesús in Madrid, accompanied by the ambassador of Palestine, Husni Abdel Wahed. Álvarez has warned that The peace agreements are “absolutely weak” and has called for achieving “peace on solid bases”, while Sordo has pointed out that “only through pressure can the barbarism that we have experienced in these last two years be definitively stopped.”
The Student Union has called a 24-hour strike in 40 Spanish cities and thousands of young students have also marched this afternoon along Madrid’s Atocha street under the banner “Stop everything to stop the genocide” and with posters like “The peace of the genocides is a farce.”
With songs like “From the river to the sea, Palestine will win!” students have supported a manifesto that states that both the president of the United States, Donald Trumplike the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahuthey intend to “make them swallow a ‘peace agreement’ that exonerates the genocidal perpetrators of their crimes.”
The main demonstration in Madridcalled by unions and associations for Palestine, is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. In Barcelona the demonstration already took place this afternoon, from the UGT and CCOO headquarters to the European representation, on Passeig de Gràcia, where the union leaders have delivered a manifesto in which they demand that the current truce be “permanent and verifiable.”
In Andalusiathe Student Union and the CGT and the UGT and CCOO centers have taken out, separately, to the streets of the different capitals to show solidarity with Palestine and while in Seville the students have gathered more than 2,500 people, according to the National Police, in Granada they have gathered close to 3,000 people.
Galicia It has experienced different strikes and protest actions and in Navarra a demonstration with 10,000 people was visible, according to the Government delegation, which opened with a large Palestinian flag and a banner with the motto “Stop genocide! Langileok Palestinerekin (Workers with Palestine).”
