Barcelona welcomes this Saturday from 12 hours a unitary manifestation by Palestine and against the “genocide” of Israel, convened by more than 600 entities, Unions and organizations, which will travel the streets of the center of the Catalan capital.
The starting point will be the Gardens of Grace, between Diagonal and Walk of Grace, And the march will advance with a tour that will cross the Place Catalonia and the Round Sant Pere until you reach the Arc of Triumph, doA central act with reading manifestos and Palestinian music is planned.
The organizing entities, including ‘Prou Complicity with Israel’ and the Palestine Community in Catalonia, They have asked participants to go black dresses as a mourning gesture.
In social networks it has also been called to A final concentration from ARC of Triomf in the direction of Carrefour de las Ramblas.
In parallel to the demonstrations, they are also planned Musical and gastronomic performances, such as the proposal prepared by Gazzawi Cuisine.
Traffic cuts
The demonstration, which the organizers foreseen massive, will force traffic cuts in main arteries as a Walk of Grace,So the Barcelona City Council advises using public transport.
In the manifesto of the demonstration, to which more than 600 Catalan civil society organizations have been adhered, the end of the “genocide” in Palestine, an embargo on integral weapons, the breakdown of relations and the end of the association agreement between the European Union and Israel is claimed.
The demonstration takes place just three days after Israel has assaulted the Global Sumud Flotilla and arrested its crew, an action that several manifestations of students and civil society have responded in the Catalan capital in the last 48 hours, from which an camping has been derived in the Plaza Drassanes with half a hundred people. It also occurs after Hamas has accepted the delivery of hostages and negotiate the peace plan proposed by the US President Donald Trump.
Barcelona thus joins other planned protests throughout Spain during this weekend. Cities like Madrid, Valencia, Seville, Granada or Murcia will also host mobilizations.
