Over 300 people march through the centre of Málaga to call for an end to the occupation and genocide in Palestine, as well as the closure of US military bases in Spain and the severing of relations with Israel.
Around 300 people gathered this Sunday in the centre of Málaga to demand an end to the occupation and genocide in Palestine. The march, called by nearly a dozen platforms, is part of a day of simultaneous protests in 47 Spanish cities, according to the organisers, and also called for an end to arms trade and relations with Israel. This information was reported by Diario Sur.
The mobilization started at plaza de la Marina and ended at plaza de la Constitución, passing through Muelle de Heredia, Alameda de Colón, and calle Larios. The protest comes three years after the start of the latest conflict in the area, a period that the organisers describe as one of "extermination, forced displacement, hunger, destruction, and impunity".
Activist Saray Pineda, from the Unadikum association, explained that the march coincides with the third anniversary "of that intensification of the genocide that the Israeli Zionist regime is perpetrating against the Palestinian civilian population." Pineda stated that the announced ceasefire is not real because, in her opinion, bombings continue to occur daily and the population continues to die of hunger. "What Israel intends is to slowly and tragically eliminate this population," she declared.
"We take to the streets demanding a true break in relations with a genocidal regime that is killing children, women, and men in Palestine every day"
Among the goals of the protest, the activist pointed out the closure of all US military bases in Spain and the total severing of European relations with Israel.
For her part, Rosa Ramos, from the Al-Quds association, detailed that similar demonstrations took place in 47 cities across Spain during the morning. Ramos wanted to send a message of support to the population of West Bank, "who suffer attacks every day, who are increasingly restricted and unable to go out to work and live their daily lives."
The march also saw participation from Izquierda Unida. One of its spokespeople, José Miguel López, justified the call for the protest because it is necessary to continue "denouncing the genocide that the Palestinian population is suffering; a genocide that has already claimed over 5,000 lives, hundreds of whom are children, while the international community looks the other way."
At the end of the demonstration, the organisers read a manifesto with six demands: a comprehensive arms embargo on Israel; the end of all diplomatic, economic, and commercial relations; the total suspension of the association agreement between the EU and Israel; the closure of US military bases in Spain; the end of the persecution of the solidarity movement with Palestine; and that the Spanish state reject the extradition of James 'Fergie' Cox Chambers, an anti-capitalist activist detained in Ibiza and wanted by the United States.
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