In Brazil, thousands add to the global march against genocide in Gaza

Brazil was the stage this weekend from a series of acts against Israel’s attacks on Palestinians, who added to others performed around the world, as part of the global march to Gaza. The growing indignation reflects the continuity of genocidal policy that the government of Benjamin Netanyahu has been imposing on the Gaza Strip since October 2023 and has killed more than 50,000 people, most of which children and women.

The acts were summoned by social and political movements and support entities to the Palestinian cause and had as its central point the end of extermination and the defense of the breakdown of Brazil’s relations with Israel.

In São Paulo, the demonstration took place this Sunday (15), starting from Roosevelt Square, in the Center, and ending in Charles Miller Square. The demonstration is being considered the largest in support of the Palestinian people recently held in Brazil.

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According to Soraya Misleh, coordinator of the Palestinian Front of São Paulo, in a statement to Brazil of fact, this was “the biggest act ever made in Brazil in support of Palestine in the last 50 years. It is a historic act, in which we gather 30 thousand people”.

Vice-President of the Brazilian Center of Workers (CTB), René Vicente, pointed out: “We are here to denounce the genocide that Israel commits against the Palestinian people, killing women, children, the elderly. The Lula government must break relations with Israel.”

Thiago Ávila, – one of the Flotilha Freedom activists arrested by Israel when performing humanitarian action in Gaza – also participated in the act. “It is very important to know that we are millions and billions around the world that we decide to stop the genocide that murders hungry children, who bombard schools, hospitals, day care centers, residential neighborhoods and is actually directed by a religion, but by racist and supremacist ideology called Zionism that has been practicing ethnic genocide and ethnic cleaning against the Palestinian people,” he said.

In Rio de Janeiro, protesters occupied the foot of Christ the Redeemer on Saturday (14), with the track “Stop the Genocide in Gaza”. Through social networks, Deputy Jandira Feghali (PCdoB-RJ) spoke about the action:
“Once again, the world watches the deepening of Israel’s barbarism against the Palestinian people. In addition to genocide in Gaza, we now see the escalation of attacks that threaten the whole Middle East. She added by saying, “We demand the immediate ceasefire, the break of relationships with Israel and the responsibility of the guilty for these atrocities!”

Despite the bad weather, there were also acts in Rio Grande do Sul, in cities such as Porto Alegre, Caxias do Sul and Rio Grande. “We cannot accept lies, hypocrisies, which try to justify the continuity of the extermination practiced by the State of Israel. More than 50,000 dead, destruction of health infrastructure, apartheid. What interests us is peace, the right to self -determination, sovereignty and so Brazil needs to break their relations with Israel,” PCdoB councilor Giovanni, Giovanni, pointed out, Giovanni, Giovanni, Giovanni, Giovanni, Giovanni In an act held at Parque da Redenção this Sunday (15).

Minas Gerais also had acts in Belo Horizonte and Poços de Caldas and there were still demonstrations in Curitiba, Fortaleza and Boa Vista.

The acts in defense of the Palestinians occurred in several other countries, bringing together millions of people. There were protests in Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Indonesia, Japan, England, France, the Netherlands, Turkey, Spain, Yemen, Belgium and Sweden, among others.

In all places, protesters asked for immediate ceasefire, urgent humanitarian aid and the end of Israel’s hostilities against the Palestinian people, as well as denouncing the extermination policy put into practice by Israel.

Unsustainable situation

Since the beginning of the attacks of Israel to the Palestinian people in October 2023, the estimated dead in Gaza exceeds 50,000, either directly by the actions of the Army, or the deep misery generated in the region, whose infrastructure was destroyed.

In another genocidal action on Sunday (15), when the world mobilized asking for ceasefire and the end of extermination, 59 more Palestinians were killed by Israel-much while trying to get food in the few remaining humanitarian aid points.

According to news agencies, Tareq Abu Azzoum of Al Jazeera reported: “People told us that the Israeli military did not warn the hungry crowds before opening fire against them, causing devastating civilian victims.” There were also air strikes in the region.

With agencies