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The Gernika-Palestine platform values the mobilizations: "Palestine has won this stage"

EH Bildu's Secretary General, Arnaldo Otegi, has stated that Euskal Herria is "a reference in the struggle for the rights, solidarity and freedom of peoples."

BILBAO, 03/09/2025.- La iniciativa Gernika Palestina ha invadido este miércoles un tramo de la Gran Vía de Bilbao al paso de la Vuelta ciclista por la capital vizcaína en protesta por la participación del equipo Israel Premier Tech y en apoyo a Palestina por lo que ha tenido que intervenir la Ertzaintza y modificar la línea de meta. EFE/Luis Tejido
Protest against Israel at the goal of the Return in Bilbao. Photo: EFE

The Gernika-Palestine platform believes that "it can be said that Palestine has won the stage" in the 2025 Return, but stresses that "commitments against genocide must be multiplied" with new mobilizations.

"Cyclists with pre-stage meetings, fans with their symbols everywhere, institutional representatives with their statements... are aware that the Israeli team is not welcome and what happened at today's stage clearly shows that sportsmanship is not the way," the platform stressed in a statement.

He stressed that "the goal was and remains unique: to exclude Israel-Premier Tech from the Return and to exclude all Israeli teams, ambassadors of apartheid and genocide, from any sporting competition."

Similarly, Gernika-Palestine calls on Basque society to participate in the rallies and caceroladas that it will hold this Friday in front of the municipalities, of which it will give more details at its press conference this Thursday in San Sebastián, and will also take stock of yesterday's and today's mobilizations.

Otegi: "The Basque Country has demonstrated with its protests that it is a reference in solidarity"

EH Bildu's Secretary General, Arnaldo Otegi, has said that, with the protests held this Wednesday in Bilbao in solidarity with Palestine, "Euskal Herria has again demonstrated today that it is a global benchmark in the fight for the rights, solidarity and freedom of peoples."

On the other hand, the Basque Government's Security Adviser, Bingen Zupiria, has lamented the 'incyvical behaviour' which has forced the endof the stage to be brought forward as' contrary to security and coexistence 'and has felt' ashamed 'after EH Bildu has shown his' pride 'in what happened, referring to what the Secretary-General said.

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