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Colombian airport workers 
continue protests
December 5th, 8:04am
(Prensa Latina) 
 
Immigration worker's protests at Colombian airports, 
which have caused delays in service and long lines 
since Tuesday, continue due to union demands for 
better working conditions.
 
Several complaints from users are reported mainly at the 
El Dorado airport in Bogotá and the José María Córdova 
airport in Medellín, where Immigration employees are 
involved in what has been called the “turtle plan” in
 the country, which consists of delaying service.
 
The union alleges a staff shortage, estimated at 70%, 
a work overload, and a governance crisis, that, 
according to them, harms their mental and 
physical health.
 
According to director of Immigration, Martha Hernández, 
the lack of labour in the sector is a problem that has 
been dragging on for more than a decade. 
 
“We barely saw the study of workloads and began to 
make up for it. 123 new personnel have already 
joined the company and 544 more officials are 
still pending to join. This represents a 
significant fiscal effort,” she said in
 an interview with local media 
outlet Blu Radio.
 
Hernández explained that the employee increase addresses
a growing migratory flow, and tourism. She acknowledged 
that, regarding this matter, negotiations are still ongoing.
 
The first day of negotiations took place on Wednesday 
between government officials and unions, but it ended 
without agreements, so the protest continues.
 
Given the inability to reach an arrangement, the
 parties will resume talks in the afternoon.
 
Due to the situation, the Colombian Civil Aeronautics 
recommended on social media that passengers 
arrive at the airports four or five hours 
in advance.
 
 
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XR Justice Now! Protests 
Against Genocide in Gaza
November 26th, 7:34 am
(teleSUR)
 
The Dutch broadcaster NOS has one-sided coverage 
of the situation involving the Palestinian people, 
they denounced.
 
On Tuesday members of a faction of the environmental 
organization Extinction Rebellion ------ known as “XR 
Justice Now!” staged a protest against genocide in
Gaza - outside the Dutch 
public broadcaster NOS
in the 
Hilversum municipality, the Netherlands.
 
To protest against NOS’s one-sided coverage of the
 situation involving the Palestinian people, they 
chained themselves in front of the building’s 
main entrance, where they displayed 
banners demanding an end to 
“legitimizing genocide.”
 
Other XR Justice Now activists climbed onto the roof 
and placed banners with messages such as 
“NOS, stop legitimizing genocide” and
 “Language is not neutral.”
 
“We demand - that NOS take journalistic responsibility and
critically reflect on its bias. NOS legitimizes 
violence and
genocide ------ by adopting the Israeli 
narratives without
questioning them. 
This severely downplays the 
situation in Gaza, where at least 43,972
Palestinians 
have already died,” 
explained XR Justice Now.
 
The Dutch human rights defenders --- also 
aim to “highlight the systematic attacks 
on journalists by Israel, which should 
be considered war crimes.”
 
They further demand that the public broadcaster 
“fulfill its duty to provide impartial and truthful 
coverage,” warning that “the choice of words 
and camera framing, directly influence how 
reality is understood and how people act 
in response to it.”
 
Police are present at the scene but have not 
intervened. A spokesperson for NOS stated 
that, for now, the protest is not affecting 
the broadcaster’s programming.
 
 
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Paris march in support of 
Palestine women
November 24th, 2:42am
by Peter Humi
Press TV, Paris
 
Human rights associations say that Israeli aggression 
against Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza Strip 
alone has left more than 15,000 women dead and at 
least 35,000 others injured ever since October 
last year. 
 
To mark next week’s ‘International Day for the
Elimination of Violence against Women and 
Girls,’ pro-Palestinian activists have 
staged a march in northern Paris 
to commemorate the victims.
 
 
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Chilean Workers’ Federation 
calls for a national strike
November 23rd, 1:04pm
(Prensa Latina) 
 
The Chilean Central Unitary Workers' Union (CUT) is
preparing today a national strike for November 28
aimed at demanding labour and salary stability 
and more benefits for State workers.
 
Another purpose of the protest is to reject the decision 
of the new Comptroller General, Dorothy Perez -------- to 
prevent contract workers, if they are dismissed, from 
being able to complain to the Comptroller General 
and force them to resort to the courts.
 
''Today there is a latent instability towards State
 workers, since they lost the only tool provided 
by the Comptroller General’s Office to be able 
to file a complaint against an unjustified 
dismissal’, the CUT president, David 
Acuña said.
 
Acuña called on the government ------- to listen to their 
claims and for the parliamentarians to respect public
 labour, and warned that - “we will never again back 
down in our rights.”
 
The leader of the workers’ federation also criticized 
the position of..... ''some opposition legislators''
who 
anticipated their rejection of a salary 
readjustment of 7.5 percent nominal 
and 3 percent real, when it has 
not even been presented.
 
The call for a strike includes all wage earners in the 
country, but above all State employees, and further 
mobilizations are not ruled out if there are no 
answers to their demands.
 
 
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Colombians Mobilize in Tribute
 to the 2019 Social Uprising
November 21st, 1:14pm
(teleSUR)
 
At that time, the repression unleashed by President 
Duque left 87 deaths, 1,905 injured people, and 
1,365 arrests.
 
On Thursday, Colombian labour unions and social 
organizations held massive demonstrations to 
commemorate the fifth anniversary of the 
“Social Uprising.”
 
They organized large-scale marches --- in the cities 
of Bogota, Tunja, Monteria, Riohacha, Florencia, 
Bucaramanga, and Cucuta, also highlighting 
their support for President Gustavo Petro, 
and his proposals for social reform and 
the promotion of peace.
 
Citizens raised their voices against Colombia’s 
economic and political elites, who are trying 
to carry out a soft coup against the Petro 
administration. 
 
The marches also marked the anniversary of the 2016 
Peace Agreement, with 70 productive ventures led by
 former guerrilla members, participating in the event.
 
The demonstrations will culminate in Bolivar Square, 
where a special concert will be held -- featuring the 
Bogota Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philharmonic 
Youth Choir, and the Children of Peace Choir.
 
In 2019, citizens initiated an uprising against then-
President Ivan Duque, a far-right politician whose 
economic policies severely impacted Colombia's
 economy and population. The following year, 
social conditions worsened significantly 
due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Faced with this situation, workers, students, youth, 
and Indigenous communities took to the streets, 
demanding improvements in healthcare and 
education, as well as equal opportunities
 and social equity. 
 
However, due to the violence unleashed by Duque, the 
social uprising left a toll of 87 deaths, 1,905 injuries, 
and 1,365 arrests, assert human rights defenders.
 
The protests that began in 2019, allowed citizens to 
advance toward popular unity and adopt an agenda 
aimed at transforming their country. 
 
This effort culminated in the electoral victory of 
Gustavo Petro, who became the first leftist 
president in Colombia’s history.
 
 
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Million-man march - held in 
Yemen in support of Gaza,
 Lebanon
November 15th, 6:4pm
(PressTV)
 
Yemenis have staged rallies in support of the Gaza
 Strip and Lebanon which are subjected to brutal 
Israeli aggression.
 
On Friday 15th, Yemeni people took to the streets of 
the capital Sana’a and other provinces across the
 country, including Sa’ada, Ta’izz, Ibb, al-Bayda, 
and Hajjah.
 
Carrying the Yemeni, Palestinian and Lebanese flags, 
the protesters reiterated their solidarity with the 
Gazans and the people in Lebanon.
 
They chanted slogans such as “Oh Gaza (Oh Lebanon), 
we are with you. You are not alone.” and “Swearing by 
the blood of the martyrs, we will not fear the 
deception of the enemies.”
 
They slammed the US support for Israel - hailing 
the Yemeni retaliatory operations against Israel 
and the US.
 
A statement ---- issued by the organizers of the protest 
praised “the courageous and historic” decision of the 
leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement, 
Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, to conduct an operation 
against a US aircraft carrier, and a number of 
US warships in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea 
--- which thwarted a planned US attack 
on Yemen.
 
The statement also condemned the Western-backed 
Israeli war on Gaza that extends ----- to the occupied
 West Bank and Lebanon.
 
On an almost weekly basis, Yemenis have been staging
mass protests across the country --- to condemn the
Israeli atrocities in Gaza and Lebanon ---- and to
reiterate their support for their country’s
retaliatory operations.
 
Since the onset of Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip
in October 2023, Yemeni forces have carried out scores of
operations in support of war-hit Gazans, striking targets
throughout the occupied Palestinian territories ------ in
addition to targeting Israeli ships or vessels heading
towards ports in the occupied territories.



Demonstrators carry signs and flags during a protest  in support of Lebanon and Gaza, in Amman, Jordan,  on November 15, 2024.

Demonstrators carry signs and flags during a protest 
in support of Lebanon and Gaza, in Amman, Jordan, 
on November 15, 2024. (Photo by Roya News)
 
Jordan rage ---- Protesters blast Israel’s 
genocide in Gaza, carnage in Lebanon
November 15th, 6:31pm
 (PressTV)
 
Jordanian protesters have taken to the streets of the
 capital Amman to denounce the ongoing Israeli
campaign of death and destruction 
against
Gaza and Lebanon. 
 
The protesters marched through the streets of Amman 
and other cities after Friday prayers, to express their 
support for the people of Gaza and Lebanon.
 
They chanted ----- against the US's unconditional support 
for Israel’s crimes and slammed the Arab governments' 
inaction on the regime’s continuous massacres and
 the targeting of civilians in the region.
 
The protesters condemned the blockade preventing 
the delivery of humanitarian and medical aid to 
northern Gaza where Israel launched a new 
brutal offensive last month. 
 
Secretary General of The Islamic Action Front Party, 
Murad Al-Adaileh at the massive rally in Amman 
denounced Israel's banning of the UN agency 
for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). 
 
"Today, truthfully, America and the entity (Israel) are 
waging a war of extermination and famine against
 our people in Gaza, and on Jabalia specifically," 
Al-Adaileh told the demonstrators. 
 
"UNRWA is the only international institution present 
in the Gaza Strip today. This project wants to end 
the Palestinian cause and liquidate it," he added.
 
Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner general of UNRWA 
on Wednesday warned that a recent Israeli law, which 
aims to dismantle UNRWA activities across the 
occupied Palestinian territory, could lead to 
"catastrophic consequences" and 
threaten the stability of 
the region.
 
The Israeli ban could impact millions of Palestinians 
who rely on the agency's services for education, 
healthcare, and basic needs.
 
Israel has repeatedly accused UNRWA staff of 
cooperating with members of the Palestinian 
Hamas resistance group, without providing
 any proof of the claims.
 
The UNRWA head warns - the recent Israeli 
law banning the agency, could lead to 
"catastrophic consequences."
 
In recent weeks, the Israeli siege on Palestinians
 in Gaza’s Jabaliya refugee camp, along with the 
regime’s human rights violations in Palestine 
& Lebanon, has sparked protests in Jordan,
 with protesters voicing their support 
for resistance. 
 
The crowds frequently gathered in the Jordanian 
capital near the Israeli embassy - over the past 
months. The protesters have been demanding
 that Jordan ends its peace treaty with Israel.
 
Israel’s genocide in Gaza has killed more than 43,700 
Palestinians, wounded 103,258 others and displaced
 almost 2.2 million people since October 7, 2023.
 
The Israeli strikes and ground offensive ------- have also
 brought the Lebanese death toll since last October to 
over 3,370. Over 14,300 people have been injured.
 
 
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Outraged over Gaza genocide, 
Iraqi protesters burn Israel, 
US and UK flags
November 15th, 6:08pm
(PressTV)
 
Iraqi protesters have burned the US, UK, and Israel 
flags during massive rallies after Friday prayers, to 
denounce the ongoing Israeli aggression against 
Gaza and Lebanon.
 
Iraqis took to the streets of Baghdad to protest against 
Israel and its Western allies over the Israeli campaign 
of death and destruction in West Asia
 
The protesters burned flags of the US, the UK and 
Israel during the demonstration. Footage showed 
the flags being torn apart and set on fire by 
demonstrators -- in Baghdad's Sadr City 
and the southern holy city of Najaf. 
 
They also waved Palestinian and Lebanese flags 
and chanted anti-Israel slogans --- such as
 “No, no for Israel. Yes, yes for Islam.” 
 
Attending the rally in the Iraqi capital -- Hakim al-Zamili, 
a member of the Iraqi Parliament, strongly denounced 
the Israeli crimes against women and children.
 
"We have decided to speak against the Zionist and
 American crimes - of killing children, women,
and 
elderly people,” he said.
 
He censured - the Arab governments' inaction on the 
regime’s continuous massacres and the targeting 
of civilians in the region. 
 
“This ongoing killing --- which is taking place with silence 
from Arab, Islamic, and the international communities, 
towards these crimes - that kill children, women, 
and elderly people.” 
 
Similar protests were also held in Kufa, Kut, Khan Bani 
Saad in Diyala Governorate and Samawah, which is 
located midway between Baghdad and Basra. 
 
The participants at the rallies --- slammed the US-led 
Western governments for being complicit in Israel’s 
criminal acts, including genocide and war crimes. 
 
The demonstrators also pledged - to stand with Iraq’s 
prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani 
who recently, called on benefactors across the 
world -- to show solidarity with the Lebanese 
people and rush to their assistance -- with 
all available means. 
 
Grand Ayatollah Sistani has expressed regret - over the 
international community’s inability to stop the ongoing 
tragedies in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.
 
The protesters also showed their support and solidarity 
with regional resistance groups which continued their 
operations against the Israeli regime and its Western 
allies over the past months
 
The Islamic Resistance has been engaged in hundreds
 of operations since last October when the Israeli 
regime began bringing the Gaza Strip under a 
genocidal war and ramped up its deadly 
aggression towards Lebanon. 
 
The Iraqi resistance fighters have also stepped up their 
attacks on the United States military bases in Iraq and 
Syria --------- as a means of protesting Washington's
full-
fledged political, military, intelligence, and 
diplomatic support for the regime - amid 
the atrocities.
 
 

workers' action to stop arms ship for Israel docking in Tangiersl

Protests in Morocco ------ as US-flagged ship 
carrying arms to Tel Aviv docks at Tangier
November 12th 12:25am
 (PressTV)
 
Hundreds protest at the port of Tangiers in 
northwestern Morocco on November 11th, 
2024 against docking there of a weapons-
laden US-flagged ship that is destined to 
sail towards the occupied Palestinian 
territories.
 
Hundreds of people have protested in the northwestern
 Moroccan port of Tangier against the docking there of
 a US-flagged ship carrying weapons for the Israeli 
regime, which is engaged in a genocidal war
on the Gaza Strip.
 
“Whoever welcomes Israel’s ships --- is not one of us,” 
the protesters chanted during the rally on Monday, 
two days after the vessel, Maersk Denver, 
docked at the port.
 
The ship headed towards the port after Spain refused 
to let it dock at any of its ports, with the country’s 
foreign ministry asserting that Madrid has not
 and would not grant docking permits to 
the vessel.
 
Maersk, the shipping company that sails the vessel, 
however, denied that its cargo includes “any 
military weapons or ammunition.”
 
The National Secretariat of Moroccan Front in Support 
of Palestine, a pro-Palestinian group, said that the
Moroccan authorities ------ had ignored all calls 
from various parties not to accept the ship.
 
“This ship --- loaded with weapons shipments - will unload 
its cargo onto another ship, which will then continue its
journey towards the port of the occupied city of Haifa,”
 added the secretariat.
 
‘Shameful decision’
 
It reminded that this was the second time that Rabat 
had opened up its ports to such vessels ---- after 
welcoming the military ship INS Komemiyut 
that belongs to the Israeli army.
 
The secretariat called the country’s continued 
contribution to provision of weapons to the 
Israeli military “a shameful decision.”
 
“The Moroccan authorities --- have colluded with the US,
 which is the source of these weapons, and with the 
Zionist enemy army --- which is committing the 
genocide against the Palestinian people 
and the brutal aggression
 against Lebanon.”
 
The comments came on the 402nd day of the war on 
Gaza that has claimed the lives of more than 43,600 
Palestinians, mostly women and children - since its 
onset on October 7, 2023, following a retaliatory 
operation staged by the coastal sliver’s 
resistance groups.
 
They also concerned the Israeli regime’s escalated 
aggression against Lebanon  --- that has killed at
 least 3,136 Lebanese people.
 
Such actions --- “encourage the occupation entity to 
commit its genocide and aggression, disregard the 
position of the Moroccan people, and is a flagrant 
violation of the relevant UN resolutions, as well 
as being considered participation in the crime 
of genocide against the Palestinian people.”
 
The remarks echoed warnings by various human 
rights and civil defense groups that have said 
Rabat’s decision amounted to violation of a 
United Nations Human Rights Commission 
resolution and another resolution issued 
by the world body’s General Assembly.
 
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) and numerous 
rights bodies have called for a military embargo on 
the Israeli regime - due to its ongoing atrocities.
 
By contributing to provision of weapons for the regime, 
Rabat -- might have also acted in violation of the ICJ 
ruling and the Genocide Convention, UN Special 
Rapporteur, Francesca Albanese, said 
earlier this year.
 
The country’s decision comes while it joined more than
 50 other countries earlier this year in signing a letter 
addressed to the UN General Assembly ---- that 
demanded “immediate steps to be taken to 
halt the provision of arms, munitions,
and
 related equipment to Israel,
the 
occupying power.”
 
 
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Paris march in support of Palestine
November 4th, 2:04pm
by Peter Humi
Press TV, Paris
 
A march and protest in central Paris on Sunday -- called 
for an end to the war on Gaza, bringing together people 
from diverse backgrounds. 
 
They united in a shared plea ------ not only for peace and 
justice but also for the international community to urge 
Israel to stop its year-long onslaught on the besieged
strip ------ which has claimed countless civilian lives. 
 
 It was a huge march - you can watch it here:
 
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/11/04/
736617/Paris-march-Palestine-Gaza-war-


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 Turkish protesters ------- storm port 
in Istanbul after Israeli ship docks
November 2nd, 6:51am
 (PressTV)
 
Protesters stormed Istanbul’s Ambarli Port on Thursday
 night after an Israeli-linked vessel from the shipping 
company ZIM docked in the port.
 
Thousands of protesters have stormed Istanbul’s 
Ambarli Port, after an Israeli-linked vessel from 
the shipping company ZIM docked there.
 
Security personnel at the port fired warning shots on 
Thursday night to disperse the crowd who chanted, 
“No Zionism in our ports.”
 
The port is located on the northern 
shore of the Sea of Marmara.
 
Demonstrators, waving Palestinian flags, halted 
containers bound for “occupied Haifa.”
 
In viral footage, one protester declared, “These
containers..... are destined for Israel. We’ve 
stopped them and won’t let this continue.”
 
Another protester pointed to a tag on a container, 
saying, “Look, friends, it’s clearly marked for 
Haifa, Israel.”
 
Standing in front of a container --- another demonstrator 
chanted, “Trade with Zionism is an insult to humanity,
 a slogan echoed by fellow protesters, holding
Palestinian flags.
 
 
 
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Protesters call for UK
arms embargo -
 and
sanctions on Israel
October 24th, 8:24am
(PressTV)
 
Within ear shot of the Prime Minister's residence, an 
emergency pro-Palestine demonstration was held, 
one of numerous others, demanding that Keir 
Starmer negotiate a ceasefire in Palestine 
and Lebanon.
 
He should...... stop all arms to Israel, that he starts
to
 properly negotiate a ceasefire on behalf of the
 United Kingdom, that he recognizes the state 
of Palestine ....to be able to start to even 
acknowledge Palestinians as humans, 
so that they can be given the same 
human rights that we're all 
allowed to have.
 
Protestor 01
 
The US and the UK have provided extensive military 
support to the Israeli regime over the past year.
 
Over the past year, Britain's involvement in the 
genocidal war on Gaza and now Lebanon, has 
been staggering --------- including hundreds of 
reconnaissance flights providing Israel with
intelligence on ground movements in Gaza 
---- as well as delivering weapons on cargo 
planes taking off from several European 
bases, including in the UK, all aimed at 
helping to sustain Israel's brutal 
slaughter of Palestinians ---- 
and expand it ---- into
southern Lebanon.
 
The march, despite police attempts to delay it, was
 seen as a success, symbolizing public sympathy 
for Palestinians ---- and a demand for the UK 
government to address its complicity 
in the Israeli regime.
 
It's not just enough of what the UK is doing. It's what 
the UK isn't doing. And you know right now, we 
should be standing up on the world stage. 
Keir Starmer should be standing up on 
the world stage demanding an end 
to this.
 
Protestor 02
 
In September... the Labour government suspended 30 
of its 350 arms export licenses to Israel, purportedly 
fearing violations of international humanitarian law.
 
Government has the opportunity to influence this, 
but as long as Keir Starmer stands behind his 
comments of being an avowed Zionist, 
he's going to do nothing.
 
Protestor 03
 
After months of rallies, the British government has 
suspended less than 10% of those arms export 
licenses, and there's no telling whether 
there will ever be a total ban.
 
However, these protesters keep coming back, in large 
and small numbers, to keep the pressure up - hoping 
that the government will eventually listen.
 
 
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Palestine supporters in Seoul 
condemn Israeli atrocities, 
call for action
by Frank Smith
October 19th, 5:22pm
(Press TV, Seoul)
 
A group of Palestine supporters in South Korea, have 
protested against Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza 
and demanded an end to Tel Aviv's expansion of its 
war to Lebanon. 
 
Palestinian supporters marched through the capital 
to spread awareness of regime atrocities such as 
bombing hospitals, burning victims alive, and 
storming UN compounds in Lebanon, Press 
TV’s correspondent Frank Smith reports 
from the South Korean capital, Seoul.
 
 
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Rally held in Amman --
in solidarity with Gaza
Wednesday, October 16th, 2:09pm
by Zaid Aqarbah
Press TV, Amman
 
Protesters in Amman have held a massive demonstration 
in solidarity with the Palestinians and their resistance.
 
People called on the international community to take action 
to stop the brutal Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip. 
 
 
 
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 Pro-Palestine protesters stage sit-in 
outside New York Stock Exchange; 
over 200 arrested
October 15th, 8:07am
(PressTV)
 
US police have arrested more than 200 pro-Palestinian 
protesters staging a sit-in outside the New York Stock 
Exchange to demand an end to US support for Israel's 
genocidal actions in Gaza.
 
Jewish Voice for Peace, a Jewish-led pro-Palestinian group, 
organized the protest in front of the iconic New York Stock 
Exchange building near Wall Street in lower Manhattan --- 
just before the opening bell on Monday.
 
The protesters in red shirts bearing "Jews say stop arming 
Israel" and "Not in our name" chanted "let Gaza live" and 
“Up up with liberation, down down with occupation,” 
requesting and end to the funding of genocide.
 
“At this very moment ------ the Israeli military is massacring 
family after family in North Gaza in a war of extermination
- so hundreds of Jews and friends are shutting down the 
New York Stock Exchange to demand the US stop 
arming Israel and profiting from genocide,”
the 
Jewish Voice for Peace said on X.
 
Many also chanted slogans against Israeli attacks in
 Lebanon, as well as US defense contractors and 
weapons manufacturers.
 
The organizers said about 500 demonstrators attended the
 protest and none of them entered the stock exchange, but 
several people made it past the police security fence 
outside the main building on Broad Street.
 
A police spokesperson said 206 people were detained,
 without giving details. A journalist was also arrested 
by the police, but she was released soon after.
 
“Stocks are rising..... while children are dying. As Israel drops
bombs on homes, schools, and hospitals in Gaza, Wall Street
booms, and all the members of Congress who invest in these
companies get richer every day,” Jay Saper of Jewish Voice 
for Peace said in a press release.
 
Also the political director of Jewish Voice for Peace Action, 
Beth Miller, said that over the past year, Israel has been 
utilizing US bombs to massacre communities in Gaza, 
all while weapons manufacturers on Wall Street 
experience a surge in their stock prices.
 
Protests erupted once again amid widespread outrage over 
US backing of Israel's massacre in Gaza and Lebanon. In 
Gaza, at least 42,289 people have been killed while over 
2,000 lives have been lost in Lebanon since 
October 7, 2023.
 
Since October, the US has provided Israel with $17.9 billion
in military aid alone, according to a report published by 
Brown University’s Watson Institute for International 
and Public Affairs.
 
The report also noted that the US has spent an additional 
$4.86bn funding pro-Israel operations in the region,
including in Yemen, since the eruption of the war.
In inflation-adjusted dollars...... this marks the 
highest amount of military aid to the regime.
 
 
 
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Italians hold pro-Palestine rally ------ 
ahead of Italy-Israel football match
October 15th, 7:44am
by Max Civili
Press TV, Rome
 
A pro-Palestine rally was held, amid heightened alert
 in the Italian city of Udine ahead of an international
 football match between Italy and Israel.
 
Thousands of people called on Western governments 
to finally impose sanctions on the Israeli regime ----
 which stands guilty of crimes against humanity.
 
 
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Argentine transport unions 
------ announce walkout
October 9th, 6:30am
(Prensa Latina) 
 
Argentina’s National Transport Bureau announced Tuesday
 a 24-hour strike on the 30th of this month, against the 
Government policies and its attempts to privatize
 the local Aerolíneas Argentinas company.
 
In mid-September, several unions comprising the Argentine
 Confederation of Transport Workers and the General 
Union of Associations decided to unite, declare a 
state of alert and hold protest actions “with 
the aim of defending their labour rights”.
 
Our axis is the defense of the sovereignty of the country that
 is represented by the national roads, trains, seas, rivers 
and skies, against the daily attacks from Javier Milei’s 
Administration, says a statement from the Bureau.
 
For his part, the leader of Teamsters and co-secretary of the
 General Confederation of Labour (CGT), Pablo Moyano,
 assured that the strike will be decisive and affirmed 
that Argentina... is going through a very complex 
moment, due to measures such as the closure 
of hospitals, the veto of the college funding 
bill, mass layoffs --- and the crackdown
on retirees.
 
In addition, he criticized those sectors that are engaging
 in dialogue with the Government, pointed out that it is 
necessary to debate the internal situation of the CGT 
and stated that he hopes that the Automotive Tram 
Union will join the strike.
 
 
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 Protest outside Israeli embassy
 in Washington 1 year after 
October 7 op.
October 8th, 10:51am
by Ramin Mazaheri
Press TV, Washington
 
In the United States capital of Washington DC,
 supporters of Palestine rallied in front of the
 Israeli embassy.
 
Many consider Washington as complicit as Tel Aviv 
in the one year of genocide in Gaza for providing 
unconditional political support and dozens of 
billions of dollars in weapons. 


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'No Bombs.... Just Bubbles': 
Children lead pro-Palestine 
protest in Rotterdam
July 1st, 11:05am 
(PressTV)
 
Families organized a children's protest called 
'No Bombs, Just Bubbles' in Rotterdam on 
Sunday in support of children in Gaza.
 
Footage shows kids, accompanied by their parents, 
leading the marches and chanting pro-Palestine 
slogans. They were, as well, seen wearing 
keffiyehs, carrying Palestinian flags, and 
holding pictures of young Gazan victims.
 
"Some countries think they are above the law --- and that 
should be changed. That's why we taught our children
 to feel humanity. Muslim, Christians, from all kinds 
and countries. Black, white and yellow, from all 
around the world. They are seeing what is 
going on, so they tried to make this 
demonstration," said Abu 
Mohammad ---- a pro-
Palestine activist.
 
"Try to see yourself as a father there in Gaza, how are 
you going to feel? [...] You see your children turn to 
pieces, with all your dreams that they grow up in
 a normal life and have their dreams come true. 
The only dream the children have there 
is to stay alive," he added.
 
The event marked the first children's protest in the 
Netherlands, attracting considerable attention
 from onlookers. According to local media 
reports, ice cream was distributed..... 
to cheer up the young participants.
 
 
 
(Source: AFP)
 
 
 
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Jordanians rally in Amman in 
support of Resistance Axis
 June 29th, 3:31pm
(PressTV)
 
Jordanians have held...  yet another Palestine solidarity
demonstration in Amman, calling for ending the Israeli
genocide in the Gaza strip. Press TV’s Raad 
Btoush has a report, in English. 

Pressure is rising on their sleeping ruler!
 
 
YOU CAN WATCH THE VIDEO here:
 
 
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/06/29/728376/
Jordanians-rally-in-Amman-in-support-of-resistance-axis
 
 
 
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Madrid protesters - hold 
die-in in solidarity with 
Palestinians in Gaza
June 15th, 2:54pm
(PressTV)
 
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators lay on the ground with
fake blood on their faces during a re-enactment of
 an Israeli attack on Gaza in a Madrid street
 on Saturday (June 15).
 
One of the organizers said he wanted to drive the 
message home to people living in Spain --- that 
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have endured
daily - and deadly - attacks from Israeli 
bombings and incursions, for months.
 
 
(Source: Reuters)
 
 
 
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Caribbean Festival ------- twelve
Countries Confirm Attendance
June 3rd, 2024
(teleSUR)
 
On Sunday, the organizers of the Caribbean Festival 
announced that with the confirmation of 12 nations 
and more than 300 participants a month away from
 the start of its activities, the 43rd edition of the 
Caribbean Festival, will be a success.
 
The Brazilian state of Bahia, as guest of honour, will 
bring over 100 participants to the regional event 
known as the "Fiesta del Fuego"; Mexico and 
the Dominican Republic are preparing large 
delegations and a revived national 
participation in the event, which 
will take place from 3 to 9 July.
 
On their official website, they made public 
the organization of 13 theoretical events 
parallel to the artistic presentations.
 
Among such presentations there are: the international 
colloquium "The Caribbean that unites us" which 
aims to promote scientific exchange between 
social managers, academics, cultural 
promoters, social activists and 
public officials.
 
Other highlights include the 3rd Caribbean Film Festival, 
the international workshops "The Music of the 
Caribbean" and "Directions of Caribbean 
Theatre'', as well as the meeting of 
poets from the Caribbean and the 
world... "Jesús Cos Causse"; the 
Festival of Fire is organised by 
the Casa del Caribe -- with the 
support of the Cuban Ministry 
of Culture and the Provincial 
Directorate of Culture of 
Santiago de Cuba.
 
For the fifth time the Festival of the Caribbean will be
 sponsored by the company Cuba Ron S.A. and the 
brand Ron Santiago --- both as seals of national 
and local identity in a festival that bets on the 
transcendence of the community values and 
the groups that are bearers of the vast 
Cuban and Caribbean culture.


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Thousands rally outside
 US embassy in Jakarta
 to condemn Israeli war
June 1st, 11:02am
(PressTV)
 
Demonstrators take part in a pro-Palestinian 
demonstration under the slogan 'All Eyes 
on Rafah' in front of the US embassy in 
Jakarta on June 1, 2024. 
 
Thousands of Indonesians demonstrate in front of the US
embassy in Jakarta --- in support of Palestinians and to 
criticize the US for its role in the Israeli war on Gaza.
 
Traffic was halted along the way as protesters, organized 
by several Muslim groups, marched to a major street 
outside the embassy, chanting “Allahu Akbar,”
 or “God is Great,” and “Save Palestinians.”
 
Hundreds of police were deployed to secure the 
embassy, the nearby presidential palace 
and the United Nations mission.
 
 
(Source: Agencies) 
 

Thousands protest Rafah massacre in London.

Thousands protest Rafah massacre in London. 
(Photo by AFP)
 
Thousands protest Rafah 
massacre in London
May 30th, 7:23am
 (PressTV)
 
As the Israeli genocide against the people of Palestine 
continues unabated, the regime's military forces are 
waging an increasingly violent killing spree against 
displaced Gazans seeking refuge in Rafah in the 
south of the blockaded territory.
 
In the latest massacre, dozens of men, women and 
children were murdered in their tents by Israeli 
occupation forces while they were asleep.
 
That has sparked renewed outrage at Israel 
with protests once more engulfing the 
British capital, London.
 
Protesters gathered outside Downing Street, the seat 
of power of the UK, to protest the latest Israeli
 war crime.
 
For the protesters, the British government is fully 
culpable in this genocide, providing military, 
financial, and, political, support to the 
Zionist regime, a stance that the 
demonstrators are adamant 
must be abandoned ---
 immediately.
 
I just can't believe, how our country is so complicit 
in funding this genocide and in denying the terrible 
suffering of and starvation on purpose, of people.
 
 I've never seen such evil in all my lifetime.
 
Protester 01
 
Support for Palestine grows across the world amid 
an uproar over the Israeli regime’s crimes in Gaza.
 
The government should know that we'll always be 
here, every single day, every single night, for our
 Palestinian friends and families.
 
 And that's why we're here. We are not
 going to give up.
 
We are not going to ignore this genocide 
government and we're here to take 
them down as well.
 
We're not going to vote on the fourth
 of July for a conservative.
 
Protester 02
 
The US says Israel’s deadly strikes on a tent camp in
 Rafah did not cross a “red line” and would not lead 
to a change in Washington’s policy towards Tel Aviv.
 
I'm half Palestinian myself. My dad's from Nazareth, 
he's Bedouin, but I've always stood against racism, 
prejudice of any kind, utterly consistent with that,
 to stand for Palestine, and to support the 
Palestinian resistance.
 
Protester 03
 
This latest Israeli massacre, has earned the criticism 
of even the staunchest allies of the occupying entity.
 
In an overnight airstrike on a tent camp, in a designated 
safe zone in Rafah, the military killed at least 45 people.
 
The EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said he was 
horrified while French President Emmanuel Macron 
described it as an outrage. And even pro-Israeli
 media personality Piers Morgan described it 
as indefensible and horrific.
 
Of course, some governments are institutionally 
Zionist and the likelihood policy change
 remains slim.
 
But for others, the tide has turned, and the recent 
recognition of a Palestinian state by a series of 
European countries could portend the start of 
a new chapter in the Palestinian struggle
 for freedom.


 
Mass rally against Israeli strikes 
on Rafah ------ held in Paris
May 28th, 3:32am
(RT.ru)

A mass rally against Israeli strikes on Rafah in 
the southern Gaza Strip was held in Paris. 
About 10 thousand people took part.
 
As reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the France 
Press agency, the protesters gathered at a distance of 
several hundred metres from the Israeli Embassy in
 the French capital.



Columbia University protesters  resume demonstrations  despite crackdown

 
 Columbia University protesters
 resume demonstrations 
despite crackdown
May 25th, 1:19pm
(Al Mayadeen English)
 
Pro-Palestinian student protesters at Columbia University
have reignited their demonstrations ---- showcasing a 
resilient spirit in the face of escalating challenges.
 
Pro-Palestinian student protesters resumed
demonstrations at Columbia University, 
affirming that their determination has
 grown stronger despite widespread 
suspensions and arrests.
 
Concurrently, students and activists demonstrated 
outside the residence of Columbia University's 
president, Minouche Shafik, who incited 
against the students, prompted the 
police to enter the campus, 
suppressed the protests,
shut the encampments,
and arrested students.
 
It is worth noting that students at the University 
of California resumed their sit-in protest on 
campus on Friday.
 
Columbia faculty members ----- pass a
no-confidence vote against president
 
Faculty members of Columbia University's School of Arts 
and Sciences --- passed a motion of "no confidence" 
against President Minouche Shafik last Thursday 
over her response to the student protesters
 demanding an end to the bloodshed 
in Gaza.
 
Of the 709 faculty members who participated in the vote, 
65% supported the no-confidence motion. The motion 
was put forward by faculty members on the board of 
Columbia’s chapter of the American Association
of 
University Professors. According to The 
Washington Post, 29% voted against
 the motion, while 6% abstained.
 
The faculty's dissatisfaction is over Shafik’s decision to 
involve the New York Police Department (NYPD) in 
dismantling a pro-Palestine protest encampment 
on university grounds through violent means 
without prior consultation with the 
university senate.
 
"The President’s choices --- to ignore our statutes and our 
norms of academic freedom and shared governance, to
 have our students arrested, and to impose a lock-
down of our campus with its continuing police 
presence, have gravely undermined our 
confidence in her," the motion stated.
 
"A vote of no confidence in the President is the first step
 towards rebuilding our community and reestablishing
 the University’s core values of free speech, the right
 to peaceful assembly, and shared governance."
 
It should be noted that the Arts and Sciences faculty 
represents just 20% of Columbia's 4,600 full-time 
faculty members. As university spokesman Ben 
Chang highlighted, the no-confidence vote is 
symbolic and holds no legal authority, 
though it shows the growing 
dissatisfaction... with the 
erosion of the students'
 rights to assembly.
 
Amy Hungerford, dean of Arts and Sciences, 
acknowledged the vote as a reflection of 
the frustration and disappointment felt 
by many faculty members. 
 
The issue peaked on April 18 when NYPD officers, 
summoned by Shafik, arrested 108 pro-Palestine 
protesters at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment.
 
Universities across the United States have witnessed in
 the past few weeks a historic surge in student protests
 in support of Palestine and Gaza, calling for ending all 
agreements with "Israel" and divesting from the
 occupation entity. Students also demanded an 
end to the US support to "Israel" and 
involvement in the genocidal war.
 
On April 25th, Columbia University went back on an 
overnight deadline set for pro-Palestine protesters
to leave their encampment, amid more college 
campuses in the United States attempting to 
stop such protests from taking place. 
 
US police made large-scale arrests in universities all over 
the country, and even used chemical irritants and tasers 
to stop the protesters who are expressing solidarity
 for Palestine.  
 
 
Source: Agencies
 
 
 
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 Chilean students demonstrate in 
support of Palestinian people
Saturday, 25 May 2024 6:16am
(PressTV)
 
 University students held a banner reading "The Media 
Remain Silent, Students Rise Up" during a protest in 
support of the Palestinian cause in Santiago on
May 24, 2024.
 
Hundreds of university students in Chile's capital city 
Santiago protest in support of the Palestinian cause, 
urging the government to cut diplomatic, political, 
and economic relations with Israel.


(Source: AFP)
 
 
 
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Argentine Teachers and 
Professors Begin
 National Strike
May 24th
(teleSUR)
 
On Thursday, Argentine teachers and professors began a 
nationwide strike to demand better salaries and working
 conditions from President Javier Milei.
 
"The conflict is far from being resolved as the central 
budgetary issue of Argentina, which is the salaries of 
teachers and administrative staff of the universities, 
is still pending," said Federico Montero, secretary 
of the National Federation of University Teachers 
(CONADU).
 
"We have lost purchasing power due to inflation. We are 
the most affected sector among Argentine public 
employees. This is not coincidental but rather a 
result of Milei’s ideological & political hostility 
towards public universities, which have been 
generators of critical narratives," he added.
 
Teachers have not stopped protesting since Milei took 
office as president in December 2023. In recent days, 
their dissatisfaction became evident in 
demonstrations in Misiones and
 other provinces.
 
Teachers and professors denounce that Milei has led 
Argentines to a situation similar to the crisis of the 
1990s ------ when then President Carlos Menem 
implemented neoliberal measures.
 
"It’s déjà vu of what we already lived through, that is,
 educational disinvestment, persecution of popular
 leaders, and budget cuts for education. This is 
very sad -- and a great setback," said Sonia 
Alesso, secretary of the Confederation of 
Education Workers of the Argentine 
Republic (CTERA).
 
"We had achieved many rights. This is a great setback for 
both Argentina and Latin America. That’s why we are 
standing and fighting. The strike is total ---- as it 
encompasses the entire educational system," 
she added, specifying that this is the first
 unified strike against Milei.
 
Teachers are demanding a meeting of the parties to 
discuss an increase in the minimum salary and the 
reinstatement of the National Teaching Incentive
 Fund (FONID), which was eliminated by the far-
right president in early March.
 
"We demand educational funding for universities and 
other institutions in the mandatory system. We 
demand the reinstatement of FONID and an 
increase in the compensation amount for 
inequalities," said Angelica Graciano, 
a CTERA leader.
 
 
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Argentine Transport Workers 
Announce indefinite Strike
Against Milei
April 29th (teleSUR)
 
Juan Carlos Schmid, the secretary of the Union of Dock
and Beacon Workers (DRAGYBAL), announced that on 
May 6th, Argentine workers will carry out a strike
affecting all air, land, port, and maritime 
transportation activities, in protest 
against Milei's fiscal policies.
 
This action will take place just three days before the call 
for the second general strike.... made by the General 
Confederation of Labour (CGT) to demonstrate 
deep opposition --- to the severe austerity 
policies implemented by the far-right 
President Javier Milei.
 
Additionally, the Union of Oil and Soybean Workers (SOEA) 
in San Lorenzo... where one of Argentina's largest agro-
export ports is located, will begin an indefinite strike
 on Monday against Milei's income tax and
labour reforms.
 
"The indefinite strike will affect 80 percent of the oil mills.
 It will begin --- after the opening of the Parliamentary 
session that will address income tax and labour
 reform," SOEA said.
 
This mobilization --- adds to the strike also announced for 
the same day nationwide by state workers responsible 
for food sanitary quality (SENASA), which could 
impact the shipments of flour and soybean 
oil, essential products in the 
nation's exports.
 
These upheavals condemn one of the most
controversial 
points of the fiscal package,
which foresees the 
reinstatement of the
fourth category of 
income tax.
 
The new fiscal procedures will affect single workers with 
an annual gross salary of about US$2,000 and married 
workers with two children earning about US$2,570.
 
 
 
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Pro-Palestinian protesters march on
US, Israeli embassies ------ in Seoul
April 27th, 6:37pm
(PressTV)
 
Supporters of Palestine march past the US and Israeli 
embassies in Seoul, on Saturday, as Israel's attacks 
on Rafah expand..... with reports suggesting an
 Israeli ground offensive within days.
 
The Seoul protest comes amid a police investigation
of an Israeli professor for defacing posters at
the prestigious Seoul National University.. 
advertising pro-Palestine social action.
 
Joumana, a Palestinian-Saudi student at SNU attends
 the protest on Saturday and says the professor's 
harassment --- represents an opportunity to 
share the truth about Israel's genocide, 
Zionism, and the occupation.
 

Thousands of pro-Palestinian  protesters march through  London

 
Thousands of pro-Palestinian
 protesters march through 
London
Saturday, April 27th,  4:37pm
(PressTV)
 
Protesters march through the streets of London
 to demand a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and 
an end to Israel's ground offensive in the 
besieged Palestinian territory.
 
(Source: AFP)
 

University Students Protest in  Australia --- Supporting Gaza

University Students Protest in 
Australia --- Supporting Gaza
April 26th, 12:22am 
(teleSUR)
 
Students from the University of Melbourne, Australia, 
continue this Friday’s sit-in at the Gaza solidarity 
camp in the garden of the school’s main campus.
 
The organizers of the sit-in encouraged protesters to bring 
tents, sleeping bags and blankets to the south lawn of the
 main campus.... for the protest that began on Thursday 
morning and as part of the demands have said they 
will not move "until the university ceases to be 
complicit in the devastation of Gaza".
 
They also request -- that the institution cut ties with arms 
manufacturers with ties to Israel - and demand an end to
 the Israeli aggression underway against the Gaza Strip.
 
The Green MP for Brunswick, Tim Read, said that "any
 of the companies may have something to do with the 
bombing, the massacre -- and the genocide that is 
taking place in Gaza right now is indescribable, 
it is unacceptable and the university has a 
responsibility to sever all ties with the 
arms manufacturers.''
 
For its part, the University of Melbourne previously issued 
a statement - stating that the university has no ties to the 
Israel Defense Forces and that "a small group of students
 is exercising their right to protest on our Parkville 
campus this Anzac Day".
 
There are also reports that the movement of student 
protests and sit-ins at prestigious universities in the
 United States continues, including the University 
of Texas, where clashes with police forces were 
recorded and about 34 students were deprived 
of their liberty.
 
As well as at the University of California, he reported 
the closure of the campus after clashes between 
police forces and the student demonstrators of 
93 of them were arrested and told they could 
be suspended or expelled.
 
 

Argentines Take to the Streets  to Defend Public Education

Argentines Take to the Streets
 to Defend Public Education
April 24th, 11:38am 
(teleSUR)
 
On Tuesday, millions of citizens took to the streets of 
several Argentine cities to protest against far-right 
President Javier Milei and his policies against
 public education.
 
The city of Cordoba was the scene of the beginning of
 the marches of students, teachers, professionals, 
and workers rejecting budget cuts. Throughout 
the day, millions more Argentines joined the 
protests, especially in Buenos Aires.
 
Mariela Marchisio, the vice-rector of the National 
University of Cordoba, explained that the 
university is always audited and joined 
the University Federal March that 
marched through the streets of 
the provincial capital.
 
The march in defense of public universities in Cordoba 
was massive. It crossed much of the city centre, from 
the Monument to the University Reform of '19 to the
 Patio Olmos.
 
In Buenos Aires, protesters arrived at the Congress, where 
the Federal Police placed barriers to prevent the passage 
of citizens. The gathering of students, teachers, and non-
teachers was at 3:30 PM and around 6:00 PM, the 
central speech was read in May Square.
 
During the mobilization, participants expressed their 
rejection of Milei's policies ---- and reiterated their 
commitment to the fight ---- in defense of 
public education.
 
"The Buenos Aires University has always had problems 
but education was never questioned. The government 
aims to defund not only the university, but also the 
state and boasts about it. We have to take to the 
streets -- against a state that devalues every-
thing that has been a social construction 
and the educational community," said 
Patricio Torres, a man who works in 
a brewery.
 
After Milei's statements that "There is no money" for 
universities, Argentines reacted strongly by seeking 
to defend education ----- and demand budgets for 
educational institutions.
 
"The importance of sustaining, defending, and rethinking 
public universities is starting to be questioned. Before 
Milei, you could study. Our university worked, had an
 adequate budget, and our teachers received their 
salaries. Now, however.... everything is getting 
difficult," said Julián Araoz, a young student 
who traveled from Tucuman to Buenos
Aires -
 to join the protest.


A large-scale demonstration in support  of Palestine is taking place -----  in the centre of Berlin

 
 
A large-scale demonstration in support 
of Palestine took place
in the centre of Berlin
April 13th, 5:15pm
(Izvestia.ru)
 
Several thousand people --- took part in a pro-
Palestinian demonstration in central Berlin.

 This was reported on April 13 by the 
correspondent of Izvestia.
 
Demonstrators walked along the main Unter den 
Linden Street, which was blocked from traffic. 
Hundreds of police officers and dozens 
of police cars were on the scene.
 

The protest action took place against the backdrop 
of a major Palestinian conference being held in
Berlin
on April 12-14, which was organized by
the banned 
Samidun group, declared illegal
by the German 
government. 
 
The protesters oppose the genocide of the Palestinians 
and accuse the German government of financing it.
 
According to correspondent Margarita Kostiv, the police 
quickly ------ held the first arrests of protesters. 
 
In response to the actions of law enforcement
officers, 
demonstrators broke out shouting:

"You should be ashamed of yourself!"
 

Yale students stage hunger strike  to demand divestment from  Israel’s war on Gaza

Yale University graduate students participate in a press
conference concerning the Graduate Students for 
Palestine hunger strike at Yale University’s Cross 
Campus in New Haven on April 12, 2024. 
(Photo by AP)
 
 
Yale students stage hunger strike 
to demand divestment from
 Israel’s war on Gaza
April 13th, 11:35am
 (PressTV)
 
A group of graduate students at Yale University have
 launched a hunger strike in protest against the 
institution’s investments..... in companies 
providing Israel with arms and military 
equipment ----- amid the occupying
 regime’s months-long genocidal
 war against Palestinians in 
the besieged Gaza Strip.
 
The hunger strike was staged, after students with the 
group, Hunger Strikers for Palestine, sent a letter to
 Yale president, Peter Salovey, and called on the 
university to divest from its investments in 
companies providing the Israeli regime 
with military technology.
 
“We demand that by the morning of this Friday, 4/12/2024, 
you make a public statement committing to divest from 
all weapons manufacturing companies contributing to 
Israel’s assault on Palestine,” said the letter, which 
was shared with the UK-based news website 
Middle East Eye.
 
“We demand that -- at next Saturday’s Yale Corporation
 board meeting, you and the rest of the board discuss 
plans for divestment and release a public statement 
acknowledging that the board has done so.”
 
In their letter, the students said that Yale has put 
more than $640,000 in investments in weapons
 manufacturers like Lockheed Martin, 
Raytheon, Boeing, and Northrop 
Grumman, “which produce the
 bombs, planes, and weapons
 used to carry out Israel’s
 indiscriminate attacks 
on Gaza.”
 
Hunger Strikers for Palestine said they had sent multiple 
letters to Yale and called on the university to divest 
from companies providing Israel with weaponry 
......since the regime launched its brutal 
aggression on Gaza last October.
 
“Students have exhausted their means of communicating 
with the Yale administration about divesting from arms 
manufacturing,” the group said in a press release.
 
Yale University’s Graduate Students for Palestine (GSP), 
which helped organize the latest letter and the hunger
 strike, said this protest was the result of the 
administration ignoring their protests
 and demands for months.
 
“This is the last thing folks are able to give, their bodies,” 
a member of GSP, who spoke on condition of anonymity, 
told MEE.
 
“In the total nonresponse of any kind from the institution 
we are speaking to, the final thing we can put on the 
line, really, is our health and well-being.”
 
“Our demand is divestment, and this is the most intense, 
and also a final way.... for us to ask Yale to hear our 
demands,” the studentS said.
 
A coalition of students at Brown University in Rhode Island
has staged a hunger strike - demanding that the university
divest from companies profiting from Israel’s war on Gaza.
 
Another GSP member said that as a result of a months-long
 silence by the university, the hunger strike was a last-
ditch effort to get their voices heard.
 
Other universities across the United States have also been
 the scene of similar acts of protests in condemnation of 
Israel’s war on Gaza and Washington’s untrammeled
 support for the illegal regime.
 
Last month, a student at McGill University was 
hospitalized after launching an indefinite 
hunger strike in protest - against the 
school’s investments in similar
 companies.
 

Pro-Palestine activists paint  UK Labour Party office red

A Youth Demand activist sprays red paint on the wall of the
Labour Party headquarters in London on April 8, 2024.
(Photo by The Telegraph)


Pro-Palestine activists paint 
UK Labour Party office red
April 9th, 3:36pm
(PressTV)
 
Pro-Palestine activists in London protesting against Israel’s 
savagery in the besieged Gaza Strip have painted the 
Labour Party office red.
 
Video footage and photos showed red paint on both the 
interior and exterior of the Labour headquarters in 
Southwark London.
 
“Labour has blood on their hands,” Youth Demand activists
 said. “They are complicit in the murder of Palestinians, 
and millions of people around the world, as they 
continue to drive genocide.”
 
One protester said Labour leader Keir Starmer is
an accomplice in the “mass murder” in Gaza.
 
“Young people will not stand by - and watch Keir Starmer 
allow mass murder - by selling weapons to Israel and 
allowing the development of new oil and gas,” said
 Chris Faulkner, 21, an earth sciences student 
from Oxford.
 
“Over 30,000 people have been killed in Gaza ------- and the 
breakdown of our climate will kill hundreds of millions 
more in the coming decades.”
 
Another demonstrator said the Conservative and 
Labour parties are both “complicit in genocide.”
 
Ella Taylor, 19, a student from Southampton, 
said, “Our politicians are out of control.”
 
“They are complicit in genocide ---- and we cannot wait 
patiently till the election to have our say. If we want 
change we must take matters into our own hands.”
 
Police reported at least 12 people had been arrested.
 
“They are complicit in the murder of Palestinians... and 
millions of people around the world, as they continue
 to drive genocide,” the group posted on X.
 
The Youth Demand group, which describes itself as 
“a new youth resistance campaign fighting for
an end to genocide,” has links with the 
environmental group Just Stop Oil.
 
The activist group is calling on the British government
 to ban arms sales to the Israeli regime.
 
Before painting the Labour office red, 60 members of
the group had marched around central London from
the Embankment, through Trafalgar Square and 
Piccadilly Circus to Downing Street and on 
to Parliament Square.
 
The protesters waived Palestinian flags and held placards 
reading “Youth demand better,” “Profit Kills” and 
“Labour, Tory --- genocide enablers.”
 
“From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”
 
“Stop the UK war machine.”
 
Those were slogans the protesters chanted.
 
Israel launched the campaign in Gaza, on October 7, 2023 
after Hamas waged the surprise Operation Al-Aqsa Storm
 against the regime in response to its decades-long 
suppression of the Palestinians. 
 
The regime has killed more than 33,000 
Palestinians, most of them women
 and children.


[Rhondda Records salutes these youngsters'
enthusiasm... and let's face it -- the current
Labour & Tory leaders deserve contempt.
But Rhondda Records shares ''concerns''
over 
their affiliations and darker forces 
...who might try to discredit them...
and the causes they espouse.]


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Toronto commemorates 
International Quds Day
April 8th, 4:58am
Camila Escalante,
Press TV, Toronto


Quds Day rallies and marches are being held in cities
across Canada. Participants in the rallies are
calling - for an immediate end to Israel’s
genocide in the Gaza Strip. 



 London protesters call for end to  Israel's genocidal war in Gaza March 30th, 6:50pm (PressTV)  Thousands of protesters have once again taken to the  streets in London to condemn Israel’s ongoing  atrocities in the Gaza Strip and to demand an  immed

 
London protesters call for end to 
Israel's genocidal war in Gaza
March 30th, 6:50pm
(PressTV)
 
Thousands of protesters have once again taken to the
 streets in London ---- to condemn Israel’s ongoing 
atrocities in the Gaza Strip and to demand an 
immediate halt to the regime’s genocidal 
war in the besieged territory.
 
The demonstrators marched from Russell Square to
 Trafalgar Square, on Saturday, as they slammed 
the UK’s support for Israel amid the regime’s 
ongoing genocide in Gaza --- urging the 
government --- to ban arms sales
 to Tel Aviv.
 
The participants in the rally, organized by the Palestine 
Solidarity Campaign (PSC), also called for a ceasefire
 in Gaza and more aid for the blockaded territory.
 
Ben Jamal, one of the organizers said "We will keep 
marching," ....adding that the attendees wanted 
"a permanent ceasefire" --- and more aid to
 be delivered to Palestinians in Gaza.
 
"We already know that 70 percent of the British public 
according to opinion polls support the demands
 that we're making," he said.
 
A 65-year-old retired social worker who participated in
the rally also told AFP --- "I think it's important for the
Palestinian people to know that people do support 
them, that they're not just on their own.”
 
Saturday’s rally, the 11th demonstration since Israel 
launched its bloody campaign in Gaza, coincided 
with the anniversary of Land Day, an occasion 
which has been commemorated every March 
30 since 1976, when six Palestinians were
 killed by Israeli forces during protests 
against the seizure of their land.
 
Hundreds of thousands of people have been regularly
 massing on the streets of the British capital to call 
for an end to Israel’s genocidal war --- since early 
October last year.
 
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who was also at the 
march, said the demonstration was "enormous and we're 
here because we're appalled at the bombing that's still 
going on in Gaza.”
 
Israel launched the war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, after 
the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas carried out 
Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the usurping entity, in 
retaliation for the regime’s intensified atrocities 
against the Palestinian people.
 
The Israeli aggression has so far killed some 32,623 
Palestinians, most of them women and children, 
and wounded more than 75,092 others.
 
The Tel Aviv regime has also imposed a “complete siege” 
on the territory, cutting off fuel, electricity, food and 
water to the more than two million Palestinians
 living there.




Moroccans join Jordanian protests

 
'Void peace treaty with Israel' ------- 
Moroccans join Jordanian protests
March 29th, 7:42am
 (PressTV)
 
Thousands of protesters have rallied in Jordan and 
Morocco in solidarity with the Palestinians, who 
have been subjected to a genocidal Israeli war 
for nearly six months, calling for severing ties 
with the occupying regime.
 
Protesters rallied near the Israeli embassy in the Jordanian 
capital Amman on Thursday for the fifth consecutive day, 
carrying Palestinian flags and placards reading 
“Amman-Gaza ----- one destiny.”
 
Chanting - “No Zionist embassy on Jordanian land,” the 
demonstrators called on their government to close the 
Israeli embassy and cancel the 1994 so-called peace 
treaty that normalized ties with Tel Aviv.
 
They also expressed their support for the Palestinian 
resistance and chanted slogans against Israel 
and the US.
 
The protest took place amid a high-security presence
 that was aimed at curbing the number of protesters.
 
Dozens of Jordanians were arrested in previous days, 
trying to reach the Israeli embassy...... as others 
were beaten.
 
While the embassy is currently without a diplomatic 
mission after Israel’s ambassador left Amman in 
October and Jordan recalled its ambassador in 
November in protest at the war on Gaza, 
protesters have said that the embassy 
has partially resumed operations.
 
“Our demands include the complete closure of the Israeli 
embassy. We have heard that the embassy has partially 
resumed operations. Additionally, we call for the 
cessation of the land bridge,” Mohammed 
al-Abssi told Middle East Eye.
 
He was referring to reports that the Persian Gulf Arab 
countries are trucking products to Israel via Jordan 
to avoid Yemen’s pro-Palestine attacks that target
 Israeli-linked ships in the Red Sea.  
 
Mohammed was one of thousands of Jordanians who
have been surrounding the Israeli embassy in 
Amman ---- for the past few days.
 
A member of the Ataharrak movement against 
normalization with Israel, he said the siege
of
 the embassy - is part of angry protests
 that erupted after the onset of the war
 in October.
 
“The siege of the embassy has intensified 
- in response to the blockade of the Shifa 
complex and al-Aqsa Mosque,”
he added.
 
Israel has been attacking and laying siege to al-Shifa 
medical complex since March 18, and has imposed 
tightened restrictions on Palestinian worshipers’
access to al-Aqsa Mosque, during the holy 
fasting month of Ramadan.
 
Khaled al-Juhani, a member of the National Forum 
Supporting Resistance, said that even though the
 Israeli embassy was closed, “this movement 
still sees it as a symbol of normalization -
 despite the ongoing genocide".
 
"The Jordanian people categorically reject 
normalization and embrace resistance
 as an option,” he said.
 
“Today, it is the duty of the Jordanian authorities to 
begin thinking and acting in a manner that aligns 
with the aspirations of its people -------- and 
reconciles with their will.”
 
In Morocco, people took to the streets of Casablanca, 
Meknes, and other cities on Thursday, waving 
Palestinian flags and decrying Israel’s 
genocide against Palestinians.
 
They urged an immediate ceasefire as per the UN 
Security Council resolution adopted earlier this 
week, and reiterated the demand - to cut ties 
with the Israeli regime.
 
Morocco, along with the UAE, Bahrain, and Sudan, signed 
US-brokered normalization agreements with the Israeli 
regime in 2020, drawing condemnations from 
Palestinians who slammed the deals as 
“a stab in the back of the Palestinian 
cause and the Palestinian people.”
 
Tunisia also saw similar protests in solidarity with 
Palestinians, with hundreds marching in Sfax ---- 
and calling for an end to the Israeli genocide 
in Gaza.
 
 

Protesters ------- shut down UK arms  factories over Gaza war complicity


Protesters ------- shut down UK arms 
factories over Gaza war complicity
March 20th, 6:58pm
 (PressTV)
 
In a display of solidarity with Palestinians, hundreds of 
workers and protesters have shut down arms factories 
across England and Scotland to condemn the UK's 
complicity in the Israeli regime's war of 
aggression in Gaza.
 
The factories, which produce components for F-35 fighter 
jets, are accused of shoring up the Israeli regime's 
military offensive in Gaza.
 
Under the banner "Workers for a Free Palestine," a diverse 
coalition of individuals - from various unions and sectors 
including health, education, hospitality, academia, and
 the arts, launched the protests on Wednesday.
 
Activists ---- aimed to disrupt the supply chain of arms to 
Israel and denounce the UK's complicity in the ongoing 
genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza.
 
GE Aviation Systems in Cheltenham and Leonardo UK 
in Edinburgh were among the targeted sites where 
components for the F-35 jets are manufactured.
 
The protesters vowed to continue their protest actions
 for a month, demanding an immediate cessation of 
arms sales to Israel and advocating for a 
permanent ceasefire.
 
The decision to blockade the arms factories was prompted
 by Israel's impending invasion of Rafah, which the United
 Nations and other international organizations -- have 
warned would have catastrophic consequences 
for Gaza's population.
 
Unionists have called on workers across the UK ---- to 
challenge their government's military support for 
the Israeli regime.
 
"We’re demanding --- our government immediately halt arms 
supplies to Israel before it launches this offensive in Rafah
 using British-made bombs. But we are not waiting for this 
genocide-appeasing prime minister to act," Zad, a union 
member, said in a press release.
 
This isn't the first time such protests have occurred.
 
In December, similar blockades targeted four other arms 
factories across the UK. Despite assurances from the 
UK government that it hasn't supplied lethal military 
equipment to Israel since October, evidence 
suggests otherwise.
 
Affidavits filed at the High Court revealed ongoing export 
licenses and pending applications for equipment likely
 to be used in offensive operations in Gaza.
 
Furthermore, the UK Ministry of Defence --- disclosed that 
Israeli warplanes have been permitted to take off from
 and land in the UK during the Gaza war, raising 
concerns about Britain's involvement in
 facilitating Israeli atrocities.



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EU Parliament president’s trip to Vienna 
overshadowed by pro-Palestine protest
March 20th, 5:06pm
(PressTV)
 
President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola 
has travelled to the Austrian capital, less than three 
months before the EU elections.
 
She delivered a speech at the University of Vienna. But 
students there interrupted her speech - by protesting 
against the EU support for the US-Israeli genocide
 in Gaza.




Stop the Genocide

Outcry in Italy over arms exports
 to Israel amid genocide in Gaza
March 19th, 10:33 am
 (PressTV)
 
Stop the Genocide
 
Thousands of people joined a 'Stop the Genocide' rally in 
the Italian capital on Saturday organized, among others,
 by the movement of the Palestinian students and the 
Association of the Palestinians in Italy.
 
The initiative dubbed 'Stop the Genocide' --- also saw the 
participation of high school students and their families.
 
People at the rally strongly condemned Italy's
unwavering support ---- for the Israeli regime.
 
''Italy that claims to be a democratic nation is a country 
where the government goes against the people's will.
 
''Profits always come first - even 
when genocide is taking place.
 
''I am teaching my kids to never give up the fight
 and to never accept being submitted.''
 
 Italian Protestor
 
Hundreds gathered at Piazza San Babila in Milan 
on Saturday to display their solidarity with the
 Palestinian people in Gaza and to call for a 
ceasefire in the besieged territory.
 
The Italian Minister of Defence, Guido Grosseto, has
 recently stated that Rome has continued to export 
arms to Israel despite assurances last year that 
the government was blocking such sales 
following Tel Aviv's invasion of the 
Gaza Strip.
 
''Western governments have been systematically supporting 
Zionism and Israel's criminal regime, notwithstanding the
 protest against Israeli crimes that have been taking 
place across the globe. Italy's support to Tel Aviv
 must stop ---- once and for all.''
 
Bruno Papale, Solidarity for Palestinians Committee
 
Arms transfer to Israel must stop
 immediately: UN experts 
 
UN experts say any transfer of weapons to Israel is
 likely to violate international humanitarian law.
 
Some Italian media reports recently revealed that, despite 
the Italian government's denials, the value of arms sales
 to Israel more than tripled in December 2023 compared 
with the same month in 2022, and December last year 
------ was the peak of Israeli bombardments on the 
Gaza. Strip.
 
''A solution to the onslaught in Gaza could be found if the 
international community stopped militarily supporting 
Israel. Italy -- on its side -- has been actively arming
 Israel through companies such as Leonardo 
and others.
 
 ''If we don't make sure that the Palestinians right to 
self determination is protected, then nothing
 will ever change.''
 
Luisa Morgantina, Former EU Parliament Vice-President
 
Earlier this week, more protests and initiatives
 in solidarity with the besieged Palestinians 
were held in several Italian cities,
 including Milan and Naples.
 
 
 
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Protesters block San Francisco airport,
 demand permanent ceasefire in Gaza
March 13th, 10:14pm
(PressTV)
 
 Protestors demanding a cease-fire in Gaza blocked 
the international terminal at San Francisco on
 March 13th, 2024.
 
Hundreds of anti-war protesters demanding a ceasefire
 in Gaza and calling for an end to the United States' 
military assistance for Israel --- block the
international terminal ---- at the San 
Francisco International Airport.
 
 


Major London protest near 
US Embassy calls for 
Gaza ceasefire
March 10th, 12:21am
(Saeed Pourreza
Press TV, London)
 
Thousands of demonstrators have rallied across 
the world, including London, to show support
for the Palestinians and condemn the 
Israeli genocide in Gaza. 
 
 
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''Violence Reported'' as Israeli 
Protesters Take to Streets
 in Tel Aviv
March 9th, 8:11pm
(al Manar)
 
Many Israeli anti-government protesters 
are once more taking to the streets of 
Tel Aviv --- in weekly demonstrations 
calling for the release of captives
 in Gaza --- and early elections.
 
Video online and reports show protesters blocking 
traffic in central Tel Aviv and chanting slogans 
against the government, led by PM Benjamin 
Netanyahu -- demanding that more be done 
by the occupation authorities on releasing 
Israelis still held in the besieged enclave.
 
Israeli media reported that the protests resulted 
in pushing, arrests, and even a protester 
throwing a smoke grenade.
 
The Jerusalem Post quoted Israeli occupation police as 
saying that an earlier demonstration was approved, but
 protesters arrived and moved towards the so-called 
Kaplan area without coordination with police, and 
began blocking traffic ....and moving barriers.
 
Source: Agencies


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Hundreds rally ---------- in solidarity for 
Palestinians in Malaysia's city centre
March 2nd, 1:57pm
(PressTV)
 
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian Malaysians on Saturday 
(March 2) rallied in the city centre of Kuala Lumpur 
to show solidarity with the Palestinians in the 
Gaza Strip.
 
Protesters were seen carrying Palestinian flags and 
posters written with words urging a ceasefire in 
Gaza --- as well as a picture of Israeli Prime 
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, depicted 
as the leader of Nazis...... with 
Swastika symbol.
 
Among the crowds, the daughter of Malaysian Prime
 Minister, Nurul Izzah Anwar, urged people to join 
the rally against the genocide.
 
(Source: Reuters)
 

Polish Farmers Protest ---  Against EU's Green Deal


Polish Farmers Protest --- 
Against EU's Green Deal
and Ukraine's low
priced imports 
February 27th (teleSUR)
 
On Tuesday --- about 10,000 Polish farmers took to the 
streets of Warsaw to protest against the agricultural 
and environmental policies of the EU and ----
cheap imports from Ukraine.
 
"Although the official start of the march was set for 11:00, 
groups of protesters began to block streets from early in 
the morning," local media report. ''The protest caused 
several public transport routes to be diverted or cut 
off, as well as traffic jams at the city's entrances 
and on major highways," RT reported.
 
The slogans "A wall for the farmer," "I am a farmer, not a 
slave," and "Green Deal = hunger" were displayed on a 
tractor --- pulling an imitation of a US Abrams tank 
made of hay.
 
After marching through several streets in central Warsaw, 
the protesters headed to the Lower House of Parliament
and the office of Prime Minister Donald Tusk --- to 
present their demands.
 
"The farmers lit bonfires and fireworks in Defilad Square, in 
front of the Culture and Science Palace, where the police 
arrested a man who tried to set fire to a garbage 
container and then attacked an officer,"
 RT reported.
 
While the farmers managed to be received by the 
President of the Lower House Szymon Holownia, 
they left disappointed with a meeting they 
described as "just a conversation."
 
"Nothing was agreed upon, other than the promise to 
create a roundtable with representatives of farmers
 and authorities. Just words," one of the protest
 leaders, Szczepan Wojcik, said, emphasizing
 that "we expect real and concrete actions. 
For now, there is nothing."
 
"No agreement...  Now we wait for Parliament and those in 
power to make a move. What we could do, we have done. 
Our voice has been heard," he added, as reported by RT.
 
The Polish farmers oppose the entry of Ukrainian
agricultural products and criticize the EU's 
''Green Deal'' - which is a policy package 
dressed in words about sustainability
- aimed at avoiding helping farmers
with subsidies. 
 
 
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Police ''detain'' protesters 
at Rockefeller Centre -----
as Biden visits New York
February 27th,  6:19am
(PressTV)
 
New York police officers detained protesters at Rockefeller 
Centre as US President Joe Biden attended an interview
in 
midtown Manhattan, in New York.
 
Holding banners and chanting --- "not in our name" and 
"Biden, you can't hide - we charge you with genocide,"
the protesters on Monday, asked the president.....
for 
a ceasefire in Gaza.
 
(Source: Reuters)
 


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Argentine Teachers Begin National 
Strike --------- Against Milei's Policy
February 26th, 12:22pm 
(teleSUR)
 
On Monday, the Confederation of Education Workers of the 
Argentine Republic (CTERA) initiated a 24-hour national 
strike against the far-right President Javier 
Milei's policies.
 
The education workers - demand salary increases to 
compensate for the accelerated loss of purchasing
 power and reject budget cuts - affecting public 
goods and services.
 
The strike also opposes the elimination of the National 
Teacher Incentive Fund (FONID) and the Salary 
Compensation Fund.
 
On Feb. 22, the education workers held an assembly in 
which they ratified the need to mobilize to prevent 
the destruction of public education.
 
CTERA, which is one of the largest trade unions in 
Argentina, stated that the national strike will be 
accompanied by demonstrations across
 the country.
 
From the early hours of Monday, teachers began to gather 
in front of the Pizzurno Palace, the headquarters of the 
Education Ministry, in Buenos Aires.
 
Among the resolutions adopted at the CTERA assembly are 
demanding the formation of the national bargaining table 
and convening a meeting of secretaries to continue 
the struggle plan if no responses are obtained by 
Wednesday 28th.
 
The education workers also decided to condemn political 
persecution and the repression protocol set by Security 
Minister Patricia Bullrich and to strengthen unity 
among teachers, workers, and citizens ----
to 
build a major national strike.


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Demonstrations in Italy for peace
--- in Ukraine and the Middle East
February 24th, 11:19am
 (Prensa Latina) 
 
Thousands of people participated in demonstrations called
 by the Italian Network for Peace and Disarmament, which 
spread today throughout the country..... in favour of the
end 
of the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
 
A statement published this Saturday -- on the official site of 
that organization, relates among other demands “stopping 
the criminal madness of wars” --- seeking a political 
solution, to end the war between Kiev & Moscow, 
as well as ---- “stopping the massacre - and the
 ethnic cleansing of Palestinians”... by Israel.
 
Groups such as the Coordinator for Constitutional 
Democracy, the Italian Women’s Union (UDI), the 
Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL), 
the National Association of Partisans of Italy 
(ANPI), as well as the environmental 
organizations Legambiente and 
Greenpeace, among others. 
 
Giorgio Zampetti, general director of Legambiente, 
expressed in statements to the press, that: “the 
world is experiencing a deep crisis, marked by 
conflicts and wars, that are causing innocent 
deaths, devastation.. & new forms of hatred
& violence in different parts of the planet.”
 
“That is why today, together with many other civil society 
entities, we believed that it was essential to be present 
in the squares, with our flags, to immediately ask for 
peace, added Zampetti.
 
In the streets of the city of Milan, in the northern region 
of Lombardy, some five thousand protesters called for 
a ceasefire in Palestine, while in the Tuscan city of 
Florence, a pacifist human chain, of a thousand 
people... stretched along the Arno River, from 
the Santa Trinidad bridge, to Carraia bridge.
 
Ilaria Lani, union leader of the CGIL in Florence, demanded 
during the event -- that “our country, as the Constitution 
says, be in the front line to repudiate war and build 
a policy of peace.”
 
Similar protests took place in the cities of Palermo, Naples 
and Turin, as well as in other major urban centres and in 
small towns throughout Italy, the source points out.
 
Nicola Ricci, general secretary of the CGIL in Campania,
said that ---a signal must be sent: to reaffirm Europe’s
 role ------- in building a path that leads to peace.”
 
“It is necessary to reduce military spending, in favour of 
social spending and stop the arms industry, to rebuild
 a climate of coexistence and security for all people,”
 Ricci added during the demonstration in Naples.




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Farmers dissatisfied with the EU's 
agricultural policy will hold a 
demonstration in Brussels 
on February 26
February 23rd, 1:16pm
(RT.ru)
 
A demonstration of agronomists will be held on February 26 
in Brussels. This is reported by the Belga news agency 
with reference to farmers' organizations.
 
In the message, the text of which leads RIA Novosti, it is
 noted that the demonstration in the Belgian capital will 
be a response to the meeting there of the heads of 
the Ministries of Agriculture of the EU.
 
The Belgian police expect that the demonstration
 can provoke serious traffic violations.
 
Earlier it was reported about the protest action before
 the opening of the Salon of Agriculture in Paris, 
where dozens of tractors took to the streets.
 
 
 
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Passionate ceasefire calls reach UK MPs




Thousands of Protesters Gather in
Sanaa ---- in Solidarity With Gaza
February 16th, (teleSUR)
 
On Friday, tens of thousands of Yemenis gathered
in Sanaa to denounce the genocide committed 
by the Israeli occupation forces, against 
Palestinians in Gaza.
 
The head of the Houthi Supreme Political Council, 
Mahdi Al-Mashat, addressed the gathering - and
pledged unwavering support for the 
Palestinian people.
 
"I call on the evil trio attacking our people in Gaza 
and in most Islamic countries, to immediately 
cease aggression and lift the siege on our
 people in Gaza," he said.
 
The protesters carried Palestinian flags and 
waved their weapons --- while chanting 
slogans against the United States 
and Israel.
 
A text reads, "Thousands march in Yemen's 
capital Sanaa -- in strong support of Gaza."
 
Today marks the implementation of the designation 
of the Houthis as a "terrorist" group by the US, 
one month after its announcement.
 
"There is no other solution for you but this option, no 
matter how much you escalate and engage in 
aggression here or there in any region," 
Al-Mashat said, adding that anyone 
who attacks them "must receive 
a response, regardless of the 
consequences."
 
Since November 2023, the Yemeni Houthis have targeted 
ships with links to Israel in the Red Sea and the Bab al-
Mandeb Strait as military targets.
 
This has caused major shipping companies worldwide, to 
continue adjusting their routes to avoid crossing the Red 
Sea, through which 8 percent of global cereal trade,
 12 percent of oil trade, and 8 percent of 
liquefied natural gas trade.. pass.
 


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UK activists step up action ----- 
to jam up Israeli war machine
February 15th, 12:39am
 (PressTV)
 
Across Britain, pro-Palestinian activists have 
stepped up action aimed at jamming up the
 Israeli war machine, which is pressing on 
with the regime's genocidal war against 
the Gaza Strip.
 
Activists with Palestine Action, a UK-based pro-
Palestinian protest network, barricaded the 
entrance to Israel’s largest weapons firm, 
Elbit Systems, by locking themselves 
together, UK newspaper Morning 
Star reported on Wednesday.
 
The company provides the Israeli military.. with
drones, munitions, combat vehicles, missiles,
 and other types of weaponry.
 
"The majority of their arms are marketed as
'battle-tested,' meaning they have been
 deployed in bombardments against
 the Palestinian people," the 
daily wrote.
 
A Palestine Action spokesperson said, "While Israeli 
weapons companies — which assist in occupying, 
displacing, and massacring the people in Gaza -
 operate on our doorstep, it’s up to the people 
to take direct action - to shut Elbit down."
 
"Every other method -- including marches, petitions, 
and lobbying - has failed to end British complicity 
in the occupation."
 
Activists from the group.. also drenched the Manchester
offices of Bank of New York Mellon, a US banking and 
financial services corporation, in red paint, to 
symbolize the bank’s complicity in 
Palestinian bloodshed.
 
The Bank has invested over £10 million 
($12.5 million) in Elbit Systems.
 
Nearly 28,600 Palestinians, mostly women and children, 
have been killed - since the Israeli regime launched its 
onslaught on Gaza in early October in response to an
 operation staged by the coastal sliver's resistance 
movements against the occupied territories.
 
The protest came -- while the regime is intensifying
 its strikes against the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
 
More than 1.5 million Palestinians -- above half of Gaza's
 population - have fled to the city amid incessant Israeli
 bombardments elsewhere throughout the territory. 
 
Tel Aviv is, meanwhile --- threatening to bring the city 
under an all-out ground invasion, which international 
humanitarian organizations have warned ------ would 
spell an unspeakable catastrophe.
 
 
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London protesters call PM Sunak
 war criminal over Israel support
February 13th, 1:59am
(PressTV)
 
Hundreds of people have gathered outside the British Prime 
Minister Rishi Sunak’s office, urging the government to use 
its leverage to prevent Israel from launching its planned 
invasion of the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. 
 
They also called Sunak a war criminal over his
 staunch support for the occupying regime.
 

In the centre of Athens, police  used gas against protesters  in support of Palestine



In the centre of Athens, police
 used gas against protesters 
in support of Palestine
February 10th, 4:42pm
(RT.ru)
 
Police fired tear gas - at demonstrators who organized
 a rally in support of Palestine in the centre of Athens.
 
This is reported by the newsbreak portal.gr.
 
Demonstrators smashed the glass
doors of a McDonald's restaurant.
 
Two people were detained.
 
Earlier, pro-Palestinian activists blocked a number
 of roads in downtown Washington to protest the
 fighting in the Gaza Strip.
 


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Pakistan’s pro-Palestine protesters 
call for ICJ ruling on Gaza 
to be implemented
February 3rd, 9:43pm
by Nasir Kazmi
Press TV, Islamabad
 
People in Pakistan continue to hold pro-Palestine
 demonstrations - in solidarity with the besieged
 Gaza Strip. They called for the implementation
 of a recent ruling handed down by the 
International Court of Justice 
against Israel. 
 
The government of Pakistan has also demanded the UN
 Security Council fulfill its responsibility - and protect
the
 defenseless people of Gaza. 
 
 
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Fresh thousands-strong London 
demonstration calls for end 
to Gaza genocide
February 3rd, 9:40pm
by Saeed Pourreza
Press TV, London
 
In Britain, hundreds of thousands have once again marched 
through the centre of the capital city, London, against the 
US-Israeli genocidal war on Gaza. 
 
British protesters slammed the UK’s complicity in that 
genocide and voiced support for the Palestinian 
people’s struggle for liberation. 




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people march in Seoul for Gaza
February 3rd, 5:48pm
by Frank Smith
Press TV, Seoul
 
South Koreans have rallied in the capital, Seoul, 
to show solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.
 
This is the 20th consecutive protest to call for 
an end to the US-Israeli genocidal campaign.


Pro Palestine Rally in Chicago

US cities pass resolutions
---- for Gaza ceasefire
February 3rd, 11:33am
(PressTV)
 
Across the United States, local governments are passing 
resolutions demanding a ceasefire in Gaza as pro- 
Zionism sentiment.... continues its historic 
crumbling, under the weight of daily 
Israeli war crimes.
 
The third largest city in the United States, Chicago, also 
has the nation's largest Palestinian community, who
 were thrilled ------- to see their city council pass a
 resolution demanding a permanent ceasefire.
 
Local city councils in various US states have passed 
ceasefire resolutions in solidarity with Palestine 
amid Washington’s unequivocal support
 for Israel.
 
''We were on edge honestly for a while and the fact that it 
was passed, is just an amazing show of solidarity with 
our brothers and sisters in Palestine.''
 
''We know that it doesn't necessarily change anything for
 them on the ground, but I think that this will definitely 
put pressure on our government to hear though the 
will of its people in one of the largest cities of 
America and, hopefully, this will influence 
some of their policy [sic] and we will 
get a permanent ceasefire soon.''
 
Deanna Othman, American 
Muslims for Palestine, 
Chicago
 
US court 'implores' Biden to 
reconsider support for 
genocide in Gaza 
 
The court in California ruled that it is "plausible"
that Israel is committing Genocide in Gaza.


Ceasefire demands have been approved from major cities 
like San Francisco, Detroit, and Atlanta to suburbs and 
small towns, which are insisting on taking a 
moral stand.
 
''Words like 'apartheid' and 'ethnic cleansing', which were
 once heavily censored in public life, are now being 
voted into the public record. And you would wish 
that people in positions of power, do things, do
 the right things -- because they are the right 
things, because it’s the moral thing to do.
That doesn't always happen. But in 
Chicago,it's a little bit different.''
 
Hatem Abudayyeh ------ of the US 
Palestinian Community Network
 
Biden makes history --- 1st sitting 
US president sued for complicity 
in genocide 
 
Biden becomes the first sitting American president 
to be sued for complicity in genocide - over the US
actions on Gaza. The United States was the only
 member on the United Nations Security Council
to vote against a ceasefire, and they have 
paralyzed the Security Council on the
issue of the genocide in Gaza.
 
As congressmen in Washington reportedly refused to even 
engage with Palestinian activists, city councils have
 become the primary place with political power, 
which will discuss the issue and reflect the 
historic shift in public sentiment 
towards Palestine.
 
 
''It really shows that when you vote for progressive
politicians -- progress does happen. We not only 
saw a vote for a ceasefire -- but we saw a vote
 for solidarity and community building as well.
The ceasefire vote is not only for the 
Palestinian people, it's for 
all communities.''
 
Nasreen Hasan - of the Arab-American 
Centre, University of Illinois-Chicago
 
The local resolutions are mainly symbolic, 
but they aren't so local. They show 
support to Palestine and their 
allies around the world and 
they prove to Washington 
that their unshakeable 
support for Israel isn't
shared across the US.
 
Poll: Americans who say Israel 
committing genocide nears
 relative majority 
 
With social and alternative media swaying people 
more than ever, the days of Zionism’s dominance
in the United States...... appear to be numbered.



Stop genocide in Gaza

 
Biden Administration Faces 
Pushback from US-Arabs
February 3rd,  8:35am (FNA)
 
US-Muslim voters balked at the latest outreach efforts by
 Joe Biden’s administration, making it clear that the US 
president’s support for the Israeli war effort in the 
Gaza Strip may imperil his reelection bid.
 
At stake are several so-called “swing states” with large
 Muslim populations that helped propel Biden to an 
electoral victory in the 2020 presidential race.
 
Even small shifts in support from Arab-Americans in such
 hotly contested states as Pennsylvania, Georgia, and
 Arizona could swing the 2024 election against the
Democrat incumbent, who already faces an 
“abandon Biden” movement in Michigan, 
RT reported.
 
Widespread voter anger was evidenced on Thursday, when 
Biden’s motorcade reportedly had to be re-routed during a 
campaign stop in Michigan - because US-Arabs held a 
demonstration to voice their anger over the heavy 
civilian casualties in Gaza. “Genocide Joe
 has got to go,” protestors chanted, 
while waving Palestinian flags.
 
Back in Washington, many of the US-Palestinians invited to a
 meeting to discuss the Israel-Hamas war with Secretary of 
State Antony Blinken declined to attend. “We do not know 
what more Secretary Blinken or President Biden need - to 
hear or see to compel them to end their complicity in this
 genocide,” some of the invited guests said in a 
statement, explaining their decision to 
snub Blinken.
 
Pro-Palestinian protestors have also camped outside 
Blinken’s home in recent days to press for a change 
in policy. Dr. Tariq Haddad, a Virginia cardiologist 
who declined to attend Thursday’s meeting at 
the US State Department, told Blinken in a 
letter that he could not face him after the
 administration’s policies ---- led to the 
deaths of 80 of his family members 
in Gaza.
 
“The more I thought about this meeting, the more I could
 not emotionally bring myself to look you in the eyes, 
Secretary Blinken, knowing you and President 
Biden - have knowingly contributed to the 
suffering and murder of so many of my 
family, the homelessness and 
dispossession of 2 million 
Gazans, and the famine 
that has befallen my 
remaining family 
members,” 
he wrote.
 
More than 27,000 Gazans have been killed since the war 
began in October, according to local health authorities, 
and the UN has reported that 570,000 people in the 
besieged Palestinian enclave are starving. 
 
The Biden administration.... has approved two emergency
arms sales to Israel, bypassing congressional authority, 
and rejected calls for a ceasefire. At the same time, 
Biden and Blinken have urged Israeli leaders to 
minimize civilian casualties and allow more 
humanitarian aid trucks to enter Gaza.
 
A Quinnipiac University poll released this week showed that
 only 34% of US voters approve of Biden’s handling of the 
Gaza crisis. An earlier poll by CBS News found that the 
president’s support for Israel is alienating at least
 one-third of Democrat voters.
 
 

US student coalition at Brown University  ---- launches 'hunger strike for Palestine'

US student coalition at Brown University 
---- launches 'hunger strike for Palestine'
February 3rd, 8:24am
 (PressTV)
 
A coalition of students at Brown University in Rhode Island 
has gone on an indefinite hunger strike in protest at 
Israel’s war on Gaza, calling on the university to
 divest from companies profiting from the 
ongoing aggression.
 
The group said in a statement on Friday afternoon that they 
would keep up their hunger strike until the university did its
 part to promote an “immediate and permanent” ceasefire.
 
It demanded the university introduce a divestment
 resolution at the next meeting of its governing 
body, which is scheduled to be held on 
February 8 and 9. 
 
"Given the escalating violence in Gaza, this hunger strike
 emphasizes the urgency of passing a divestment
 resolution in this meeting rather than delaying 
the process any further," the students said 
in the statement. 
 
The organizers of the hunger strike said they want the 
resolution to follow the recommendations of a report 
released in 2020 by the Advisory Committee on 
Corporate Responsibility in Investment 
Practices (ACCRIP) that called for 
divestment from companies 
involved ----- in the Israeli 
occupation of Palestine.
 
AB Volvo, Airbus, Boeing, DXC, General Dynamics, 
General Electric and Motorola were among the 
companies that the ACCRIP’s report had 
identified for divestment.
 
"As a Palestinian, I have witnessed colossal losses in 
Gaza, the West Bank, and around the world; the 
ongoing impact of this humanitarian crisis has 
fueled my commitment to justice,” said Nour 
Abaherah, a Palestinian participant in the 
hunger strike.
 
“My family history, intertwined with the struggles of my
 people, and occupied people everywhere, motivates 
me to stand against the investment and profiting of
 arms and weapons manufacturing and occupation 
that perpetuates violence in our world," she added.
 
Accused by students of holding investments in arms
 manufacturers, Brown University has been a hub of
 protests since Israel started its incessant 
bombardment campaign against the 
besieged Gaza Strip in 
early October.
 
The student coalition stressed that support for divestment
 "as a material way of supporting a permanent ceasefire
 and lasting peace in Gaza".. is growing on the campus.
 
"This strike is the student body’s response - to Brown’s 
continued inaction in the face of the mounting crisis 
in Gaza," the students said in their statement, 
adding that the move will be accompanied 
by a host of programs, including teach-
ins, performances, and prayers.
 
UN experts have described Israel’s war on Gaza
as the deadliest, most dangerous conflict for
 journalists - in recent history.