Solidarity with Palestine
As the genocide committed by the State of Israel against the People of Palestine continues, casualties reach new heights: 38,848 Killed, 89,459 Wounded, 11,000 Missing
But the resistance of the people is still fierce:
As well as the international solidarity. Following we show some examples.
France
In Saint-Etienne Graffiti were done in the Solaure district in support of Timothée, a trade unionist dismissed for supporting Palestine:
A football tournament was held in Lyon:
Nouvelle Époque published a video from the great national demonstration in Lyon:
Brazil
On the night of July 3rd, at the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp) Santos campus, there was a historic lecture by Ualid Rabah, President of the Palestinian Arab Federation of Brazil (Fepal), in which the terrible genocide caused by the State was analyzed.
There was excellent participation from the audience, made up of the most different segments of local society.
On July 4th, the Minas Gerais Committee for Solidarity with the Palestinian People, together with deputies, held a meeting denouncing Zionism and defended active international solidarity with the Palestinian Cause.
The hearing took place at the Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais and was attended by well-known democrats and defenders of Palestine.
The approximately 100 people who participated in the hearing chanted slogans such as “From the river to the sea, Palestine will triumph!” “Palestine resists, Palestine will triumph!” and “Long live Palestine, down with Zionism”, demarcating a strong position in defense of Palestine.
Activists denounce attempted intimidation by military police inside the Darcy Ribeiro Campus of the University of Brasília during an activity supporting the struggle of the Palestinian people. In a note published the activists reported an episode in which military police, moments before the start of an activity to make Palestinian flags, sought information from university security guards, asking about the activists and where the event would be held.
The flag-making activity meanwhile was done in another location. The raising of 10 Palestinian flags throughout the Darcy Ribeiro campus took place on Monday, July 8:
Colombia
Last July 4 in Colombia, groups of activists and revolutionaries joined the call for the Day of Continental Anti-imperialist and Internationalist Protest, cited by several popular organizations in Latin America, raising the flag of the Palestinian people against the oppression of mainly Yankee imperialism in the country.
In Medellín, the day began at 4:00 pm, unionists, students, members of the Arab community and activists from other social organizations gathered, concentrating a group of people in the Resistencia park, this block took to the street, with several Palestinian flags, chanting slogans for land for those who work it! Against imperialism, Yankees out! and in solidarity with the Palestinian people, Gaza resists, the people rise!
The day ended with the burning of US flags, while women activists spoke about what imperialism meant in our country and oppressed peoples in the world. Furthermore, the companions denounced what Yankee imperialism meant for the women of the Colombian people, and the need to break the chains by joining the fight.
Norway
Activists from the Struggle Committee took part in a demonstration on 15 July outside the office of Kongsberg Gruppen outside Bergen. The demonstration was against the fact that health personnel and hospitals have been attacked by the Israeli occupation army. The demonstration was organized by Activists for Palestine.
Activists brought banners that read “Kongsberg ASA arms genocide” and “Health workers are not a target”. The struggle committee participated with a banner that read “Support the Palestinian resistance struggle”, and held an appeal in which the importance of fighting against Norwegian imperialism was highlighted. Slogans such as “No tolerance for genocide”, “Long live Palestine” and “Closed doors to war profiteers” were shouted by protesters. Activists emphasized that the activities against the war profiteers will continue in the future with more actions and demonstrations, and encouraged participants to participate and organize.
Tjen Folket published an interview with activists Magnus Barka Hjelle, leader of Students for Palestine Trondheim who initiated the Thawra solidarity camp, and Ahmed. They told about the demands the camp places on the university, how they have been met and what kind of support they need.
Austria
For months now, there have been numerous information stands set up by the Palestine Solidarity Initiatives in Linz. From the Johannes Kepler University, on the main square, on the Landstrasse and at Schillerpark. The aim of the information stands is above all to draw attention to the situation in Gaza and to make solidarity with the national and revolutionary liberation struggle of the Palestinians in Austria visible.
The rulers tried to suppress and dissolve the movement right from the start of the constant Palestine solidarity activities throughout Austria since October 2023. At one of the last information tables of two Palestine solidarity initiatives, the exercise of democratic rights was hindered to such an extent that the information table was actually disrupted by the authorities.
Solidarity events with Georges Ibrahim Abdallah have been announced by the Action for Democratic Rights of the People, ADRV:
Vienna – July 19, 18:00h, Verein Freies Wort, Rögergasse 24-26, 1090 Vienna
Linz – July 20, 16:30h, Waltherstraße 15, 4020 Linz
Innsbruck – July 21, 17:00h, Il Corvo, Mozartstraße 12, 6020 Innsbruck
Finland
On July 12, a demonstration was held in Helsinki to draw attention to the famine as part of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The demonstration, attended by a couple of hundred people, loudly showed their solidarity with the Palestinian people by banging pots. During the demonstration, shouts such as “From the river to the sea, freedom for Palestine!” were heard. Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s complicity in the genocide was also condemned with shouts. The demonstration went from Rautatientor to Senatintor, where slogans were shouted for about an hour, including “Long live the resistance!” and “Down with Zionism!”. There was a large police presence during the demonstration.
Denmark
Slogans have been painted near Ishøj Station in support of the ongoing Heroic Palestinian Resistance.
Palestine Nordjylland and the Anti-imperialist Collective held another screening evening about national liberation on July 10 in the Café 1000Fryd. The movie screened was “Gaza Fights for Freedom”.
Philippines
Students and members of Tamaraws for Palestine picketed in front of the Far Eastern University (FEU) in Morayta, Manila on July 15 to express their support for the Palestinian people and their struggle for national liberation. T4P denounced the ongoing genocidal campaign of the Zionist state of Israel, supported by US imperialism, against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Germany
It was reported that German imperialism extends its repression once more: According to an upcoming harshing of the law, people without a German passport should be able to be deported even more easily in the future. The so-called “cheering of terrorism” should be sufficient grounds for deportation. This “cheering” includes, among other things, comments or likes on social media.
The Social Democratic Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser said that the aim was to “take tough action against Islamist and anti-semitic hate crimes on the internet” and that in addition to repression on the streets, there must also be “tougher instruments by immigration law”. It was made very clear that no criminal conviction is required in order to be deported on this basis. In effect, this means the abolition of freedom of expression for people without a German passport.
