{"id":33186,"date":"2023-12-16T17:26:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T16:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=33186"},"modified":"2023-12-16T17:32:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T16:32:28","slug":"guernica-stands-in-solidarity-with-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=33186","title":{"rendered":"Guernica stands in solidarity with Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"
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. TOLERANCE AND SOLIDARITY . . <\/p>\n

An article from the Peoples Dispatch<\/a> (published under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA) license)<\/p>\n

On Friday, December 8, thousands of people from the Basque city of Guernica hit the city center in a stunning display of solidarity with the people of Gaza who are facing Israel\u2019s genocidal attacks. The thousands who assembled at the Pasialeku Market Place in Guernica formed a human mosaic depicting the Palestinian flag and part of Pablo Picasso\u2019s famed anti-war painting, Guernica.<\/p>\n

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In the event organized by the Guernica-Palestine Citizens\u2019 Initiative, citizens, trade unionists, artists, anti-fascist groups, anti-war groups, and activists from left-wing parties, including the United Left (IU), condemned the Israeli bombardment of Palestinian people. The city\u2019s anti-aircraft siren\u00a0sounded\u00a0<\/a> for a minute,\u00a0drawing parallels between Guernica\u2019s enduring pain from the bombing it faced during the\u00a0Spanish Civil War\u00a0and the ongoing airstrikes faced by the people of\u00a0 Gaza.<\/p>\n

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Presenting the Palestinian side of the Middle East, Is it important for a culture of peace?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Guernica is a historically significant city in the Basque region of Spain that was bombarded on April 26, 1937, during the Spanish Civil War by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italian air forces in support of their ally, the Spanish military general Francisco Franco. The infamous bombing of the city, which was a stronghold of the Republican forces, was one of the events that paved the way for the Fanco\u2019s capture of northern Spain.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of civilians were killed in the bombing which evoked widespread outrage across the world. Renowned artist Pablo Picasso\u2019s landmark painting\u00a0 \u2018Guernica\u2019 was in response to the brutal bombing. It is regarded as an exemplary anti-war painting in modern history.<\/p>\n

In its statement on the Palestine solidarity event, the Guernica-Palestine Citizens\u2019 Initiative insisted that the world and history must not accept a new Guernica and that \u201cIsrael is committing genocide against the Palestinian people. The international community [must] share the suffering of the Palestinian people and stop the massacre.\u201d<\/p>\n

On December 10, on the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Basque Federation of the United Left (IU)\u00a0stated\u00a0<\/a> \u201cWhat is happening in Gaza is a genocide contrary to ideals envisaged by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

As of December 12, over 18,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli bombardment in Gaza, and around 50,000 people have been wounded. More than 7,500 people are reportedly missing and more than 1.9 million people have been displaced by the relentless airstrikes.<\/p>\n

(Thank you to Fatima Z\u00e9dira for calling our attention to this event.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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