Palestine

Convened by the Yala Nafarroa platform, hundreds of people have gathered again to call for the "cessation of relations" with Israel, which organizers believe is the only measure to stop the genocide in the Gaza Strip.

Almost 60 agents from all over Euskal Herria signed this afternoon in Gernika the manifesto "From the people of Gernika, peace and justice", in which they reaffirmed their commitment against war and for peace, justice and the sovereignty of the peoples. 

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the deportation of Abukesh and Ávila and has called them "professional provocateurs".

The Israeli intelligence service has informed the legal group Adalah that the two activists will be released "today" and will remain in custody while they are deported. Adalah has assured that he is closely monitoring the situation "to ensure that the release takes place, and that deportation takes place in the coming days."

The UN rapporteur for Palestine, Francesca Albanese, expressed on Wednesday her astonishment at the famous painting by Pablo Picasso, 'Gernika', which, although she speaks of the 'destruction of the civil war', is' very similar 'to what she saw in the occupied Palestinian territories.

After Israel has halted the journey, four Basques are currently on the island of Crete, Greece, and in the next few hours they will decide whether to continue in the fleet or return to the Basque Country to mobilise.

In total, 72,608 Gazatis have been killed and 172,445 injured since the Israeli Army launched its offensive on 7 October 2023.

175 activists were arrested on Wednesday, 36 of whom have had to be treated in hospitals. All but two, Brazilian Thiago Ávila and Palestinian Saif Abukeshe, have been released.

The Israeli organization Adalah, which legally represents Global Sumud Flotilla activists, has confirmed that Brazilian Thiago Ávila and Saif Abukesh are in the Shikma detention centre in the city of Ashkelon.

Israeli soldiers have boarded the ship and conducted a thorough search, as detailed by an activist from the Basque Country, Global Sumud, who has criticized the attitude of the soldiers and also mentioned the "accomplices" of Israel among us.

Coincidingwith the 89th anniversary of the bombing of Gernika, an act of protest took place today at the gates of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, with the display of large fabrics representingthe Guernica de Picasso. They have claimed that the painting should be in the Basque Country and have also taken advantage of it "to show solidarity with all the oppressed peoples of the world and to denounce the aggression of imperialism".

Accompanied by the slogan "From the people of Gernika: no genocide, no war", the banner has been joined by well-known social and cultural faces, who have denounced that Israel and the United States are spreading the oppression of Gaza throughout the region.

They are still in a major humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and are voting in a camp in Deir al Bala. 

In order for the agreement to cease altogether, it is necessary for the twenty-seven members to agree; on the contrary, to suspend only the commercial advantages, it is sufficient to have a qualified majority.

Last September the European Commission proposed the suspension of certain trading points of the agreement, a decision which requires only a qualified majority and does not constitute a complete breach of the treaty.

After the withdrawal of the private prosecution, Jose Antonio Jainaga and two other directors may not be investigated for complicity in crimes of genocide and against humanity. The investigation against the steel company is open in the National High Court for the export of steel to an Israeli company and its alleged use for the manufacture of weapons.

The festival has opened a window not only to musicians, but also to bertsolaris and humorists, such as the bertsolaris Maialen Lujanbio, Amets Arzallus, Txaber Altube and Nerea Ibarzabal, and the monologues Antton Telleria and Asier K.

This mosque is the third most important for Muslims. Israel has restricted access since the Hamas attacks of 7 October 2023, but since the beginning of the Iranian war the blockade has become more evident. So many believers have gathered outside the wall of the Old City of Jerusalem to pray together for the end of Ramadan.