Palestine Solidarity Actions amid the Biggest Attack of Israel since Start of Ceasefire
Night of Tuesday the 29th of October, the deadliest attack since the beginning of the ceasefire was carried out by Israel, murdering over 100 people across Gaza. This is one among almost daily breaches from Israel, of the ceasefire. As usual Israel claims that Hamas has breached the ceasefire agreement, without offering proof of this statement, while they themselves clearly breach the ceasefire.
The past weeks several actions for Palestine have been made.
In the University Camp of Limeira, in São Paulo, the students occupied the Faculty, holding a Camp for Palestine. The students demanded to break the agreement between the university and the Israel Institute of Technology, involved in weapons research and the Israeli military apparatus.
Pickets were organized interrupting the academic activities and reinforcing the mobilization. The mobilizations led that the University Council approved the termination with the Israeli institute agreement.
However, the mobilization continued to grow, with the number of students camped out jumping from 10 to 40 in just two days, and more than 100 people directly involved, as AND reports.
On the morning of October 5th, dozens of protesters gathered in Campinas, Brazil, demanding the liberation of Palestine and condemning the genocide in Gaza.
The mobilization, which took place in solidarity with the Freedom Flotilla, denounced the attempted extermination of the Palestinian people by the Israeli State and the imperialist complicity of the United States.
On October 11th, marking the second anniversary of the Al-Aqsa Flood a demonstration took place in Bern, Switzerland under the slogan “2 Years of Genocide, 100 Years of Resistance.” A large crowd, including Partizan, gathered in front of the train station.
The protesters faced repression from the police, including intense fire with plastic bullets, tear gas, and water cannons.
Hundreds of people were detained during the clashes, which continued until 21:30.
In the Philippines, students at Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology made a protest in Iligan City, on October 22. The students declared: “Together, we reaffirm that the fight for justice knows no borders”
In Bergen, Trondheim and Kristiansand in Norway, several actions for Palestine, as well as for the recently 22 arrested Palestine activists. A mural was painted by multiple organizations, also Kampkomiteen hung up posters and stickers, and a banner was put up, condemning the persecution of Palestine activists by the police and the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST). Kampkomiteen also participated in the weekly Palestinian demonstration in Kristiansand.
In Vantaa in Finland a march was organized where 100 people participated. Chants were heard throughout, among them: “Gaza is starving to death, Finland is to blame!” and “The Finnish government must take responsibility, the genocide must end!”. Several speeches were also held, supporting the Palestinians right to resist.
In Madrid several actions were made. On October 19, around a thousand people marched in the working-class districts.
On October 7th, coinciding with the second anniversary of the Al-Aqsa Flood, a solidarity event with former Palestinian prisoners was held. During the presentation, the former Palestinian prisoners emphasized the profound national and international significance of the Al-Aqsa Flood. They also focused on recounting the torture and ill-treatment to which tens of thousands of Palestinian political prisoners—including hundreds of children—have been subjected daily since the beginning of the occupation, and how, despite the humiliations, the prisoners continue to resist and educate themselves to continue the struggle.
The Revolutionary Committee of Valencia is organizing an event about the Palestinian Resistance next Friday, November 7th at 7:00 PM.
Per La Democrazia Popolare (PLDP) have published two new flyers, that they are currenty distributing:
Last Saturday, many people gathered in a rally at Schweizer Eck (Swiss Corner), in Bremen, Germany, to “express their solidarity with the heroically fighting people under red flags.” Dem Volke Dienen reports.
Dem Volke Dienen goes on to report that there was memorable spontaneous agitation from the masses participating in the demonstration and that The Red League activists’ agitation “described the current position, making clear the position of the resistance alongside a list of Israeli war crimes: it stated that there had been a “political and security failure of the occupation plans […]” and that under no circumstances would they renounce their weapons, but would continue to pursue their goals.”
