{"id":36932,"date":"2025-10-03T08:54:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T06:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=36932"},"modified":"2025-10-03T08:54:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T06:54:49","slug":"students-stage-walkouts-in-dozens-of-spanish-cities-to-stop-the-genocide-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=36932","title":{"rendered":"Students Stage Walkouts in Dozens of Spanish Cities to \u2018Stop the Genocide\u2019 in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"
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. TOLERANCE & SOLIDARITY .<\/p>\n

An article by Brett Wilkins from Common Dreams<\/a> (reprinted \u00a0under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)<\/p>\n

Tens of thousands of students walked out of classrooms in cities and towns across Spain on Thursday to protest Israel\u2019s ongoing US-backed\u00a0genocide\u00a0in\u00a0Gaza\u00a0and abduction of Global Sumud Flotilla members, dozens of whom are Spanish.<\/p>\n

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\nStudents in M\u00e1laga, Spain march behind a banner reading \u201cStop Everything to Stop the Genocide\u201d on October 2, 2025.\u00a0(Photo by Jesus Merida\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images)<\/center><\/p>\n

The National Students\u2019 Union\u00a0organized\u00a0Thursday\u2019s protests under the slogan \u201cstop the genocide against the Palestinian people.\u201d Demonstrations, which took part in at least 39 cities and towns, varied in size from small groups to thousands who turned out in Barcelona and the capital Madrid, where students held banners with messages like \u201cStop Everything to Stop the Genocide,\u201d \u201cAll Eyes on the Global Sumud Flotilla,\u201d and \u201cFree\u00a0Palestine!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not going to look the other way,\u201d the union said in a\u00a0statement. \u201cThe Palestinian cause is the cause of the youth and the millions who stand for human rights and social justice. That is why… we called the general student strike to empty the classrooms and fill the streets with dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maria, a Spanish student interviewed by Turkey\u2019s\u00a0Anadolu Ajans\u0131\u00a0in Madrid,\u00a0said: \u201cWhile young people like us are being killed and subjected to genocide in Palestine, we cannot be in class. The whole world must do everything it can to stop this genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another Madrid protester, Francesca\u2014an Italian student studying in Spain\u2014told\u00a0Anadolu\u00a0that \u201cwe must pressure governments to stop\u00a0Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cAllowing genocide in full view of the world is unacceptable,\u201d she added. \u201cThe killing of women, children, and students in Palestine must end.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Barcelona\u2014whose former leftist Mayor Ada Colau was among the dozens of Spaniards who set sail for Gaza from the port city\u2014an estimated 6,500 students and others took to the streets Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I can do is be here, with my presence,\u201d student Donia Armani\u00a0told\u00a0El Pa\u00eds. \u201cThe more people, the better; so the Palestinians will not be alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Armani\u2019s mother added, \u201cThe Palestinians are like a brotherly people, we feel a lot from the absurd images we see.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ana, a 14-year-old student protesting in Barcelona, said: \u201cI think it\u2019s very bad what\u2019s happening,\u201d adding that Israel does \u201cnot let food arrive and also bombs them, which causes many, especially small children, to die, and I am very sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s walkouts took place as Israeli forces continued assaulting Gaza on Thursday, killing scores of Palestinians amid a backdrop of ongoing famine and forced displacement. Since October 2023, Israeli forces have killed at least 66,225 Palestinians in Gaza, although\u00a0experts say\u00a0the actual death toll is much higher. At least 168,938 other Palestinians have been wounded, and thousands more are missing and presumed dead.<\/p>\n

Spain\u2019s socialist-led government has been a leading critic of Israel\u2019s genocide in Gaza,\u00a0taking\u00a0numerous proactive steps including cutting off arms transfers to the erstwhile ally, prohibiting the shipment of fuel to the Israeli military,\u00a0formally recognizing\u00a0Palestinian statehood, and backing South Africa\u2019s\u00a0genocide case\u00a0currently before the International Court of Justice in The Hague.<\/p>\n

The Spanish Foreign Ministry says at least 30 Spaniards are among the many Global Sumud Flotilla activists\u00a0seized\u00a0by Israeli forces in international waters overnight Thursday while attempting to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza.<\/p>\n

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