Thousands of people demand to stop the « genocide » of Gaza and pay tribute to journalists: « They are our eyes in Palestine » | Spain

Thousands of people have left this Saturday in locations from all over Spain to ask for “to stop the Genocide in Gaza ”. The platform stops the war has called concentrations in 125 points of the territory. In Madrid, some 1,500 protesters – Data of the Government Delegation – have met with the Reina Sofía Museum, despite the fact that the sun punished a square where trees scarce and reheat the granite above 30 ° C of the predictions. « We endure the heat, we endure, which is nothing. We endure by Palestine, » began one of the spokesmen of the platform from the stage, located in the Juan Goytisolo square, with the audience pulled by the organizers, already before the word shifts began, with shouts of “Palestine free!”.

The platform stops the war is finally to unite « of different ideologies, creeds and sensibilities » under the premise that « what is happening In Gaza It is a genocide that has as its final objective the extermination and ethnic cleaning of plus two million gazaties. « The last concentration they convened was in March. This Saturday they wanted to pay a special tribute to the journalists who work from the strip. » They are our eyes in Palestine, « they write in the manifesto. In the Israeli offensive, about 200 reporters have lost their lives, According to a recent balance.

In parallel, in Tarragona a hundred protesters has deployed a giant Palestine flag on the Miracle beach. In San Sebastián, people have also left to the street convened by other associations and have asked Israel an economic boycott. In Toledo, a march has traveled the streets to reach an olive tree that planted the Palestinian ambassador there in 2014. In other cities, such as Barcelona, ​​the demonstration is called for the afternoon of this Saturday.

On stage, Josep Borrell, former high representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs; Cristina Narbonne and Paca Sauquillo, presidents of the Federal PSOE and Madrid, and Lara Hernández, coordinator of Sumar, accompanied by deputies and militants of both formations. Below, some protesters blame the « warm » organization. « Less words and more actions, » explains Pedro Esteban, who has gone to the place protest in a shout. Every time he raises his voice, someone commands him to shut up. « Hypocrites! Nihilists! » From almost any point in the square, in each silence, Esteban is heard with two other women and two other men asking that letters be taken in the matter with greater forcefulness. « Sanctions now! » They demand.

But the general air of concentration – under the motto « for a fair peace. High the definitive fire. Neither terrorism nor genocide » – is another and to unite such diverse people an institutional tone is maintained. The importance of culture is insisted to end the bombs and hunger suffered by the Palestinians daily. « Culture is a weapon without which we cannot stop the genocide, » says the organizer before two university students interpret a piece in honor of Gaza with a flute and a saxophone. « Well, it is that this hungry children are going to make this concert illusion, » said a woman among the public, who says he is ashamed that there are politicians « hanging medals » on stage « when they are not doing anything to stop » the offensive that has already ended the life of more than 55,000 people in Gaza.

For Josep Borrell, that accusation only makes sense if he goes to the European Union, but not towards the Government of Spain, because the latter « has done everything he could. » However, for the former head of the Diplomacy of the Union « Europe does not do what you could do », and you do not hope that this will change. « After having been inside and knowing how the European Commission and its president work, unfortunately I think nothing is going to be done, » he says.

But that discouraging message has not been sufficient reason to dissuade the thousands of protesters who have gone there with posters that could be read from « Netanyahu Killer » to « Jews, rebels! » Nor has it prevented Palestine free from sounding and I only ask God, that people have started to continue with palms. Attendees have also heard speeches of intellectuals and artists, such as the Professor Fany Rubio, film director Fernando Colomo, Juan Echanove and Isabel Ordaz, and theater director Lluís Pasqual. Every time someone pronounced the name of the prime minister of Israel, Benjamín Netanyahu, someone answered with a “murderer!”, A genocidal! ”, Or with a sound“ son of the great whore! ”.

The green fans that the fetic union has distributed have saved more than one of those present from lipotimia. Other more forecasts have come with umbrella to cover the sun that fell to lead. When the organizers have ended the act, the mass has dissolved at high speed.