Tens of hundreds of scholars walked out of school rooms in cities and cities throughout Spain on Thursday to protest Israel’s ongoing US-backed genocide in Gaza and abduction of World Sumud Flotilla members, dozens of whom are Spanish.
The Nationwide College students’ Union organized Thursday’s protests beneath the slogan “cease the genocide towards the Palestinian folks.” Demonstrations, which took half in a minimum of 39 cities and cities, various in measurement from small teams to hundreds who turned out in Barcelona and the capital Madrid, the place college students held banners with messages like “Cease All the things to Cease the Genocide,” “All Eyes on the World Sumud Flotilla,” and “Free Palestine!”
“We’re not going to look the opposite approach,” the union mentioned in a assertion. “The Palestinian trigger is the reason for the youth and the hundreds of thousands who stand for human rights and social justice. That’s the reason… we known as the final pupil strike to empty the lecture rooms and fill the streets with dignity.”
✊ Miles de estudiantes han salido en todas las ciudades españolas a protestar por la detención ilegal de los activistas de la World Sumid Flotilla y el genocidio de Israel en Gaza. Hoy a las 19:00 hs se esperan manifestaciones masivas por toda España.
🎥@SindicaEstudian pic.twitter.com/N1XFyFkdcp— Julián Macías Tovar (@JulianMaciasT) October 2, 2025
Maria, a Spanish pupil interviewed by Turkey’s Anadolu Ajansı in Madrid, mentioned: “Whereas younger folks like us are being killed and subjected to genocide in Palestine, we can’t be at school. The entire world should do every thing it could actually to cease this genocide.”
One other Madrid protester, Francesca — an Italian pupil learning in Spain — advised Anadolu that “we should strain governments to cease Israel.”
“Permitting genocide in full view of the world is unacceptable,” she added. “The killing of ladies, kids, and college students in Palestine should finish.”
In Barcelona — whose former leftist Mayor Ada Colau was among the many dozens of Spaniards who set sail for Gaza from the port metropolis — an estimated 6,500 college students and others took to the streets Thursday.
“What I can do is be right here, with my presence,” pupil Donia Armani advised El País. “The extra folks, the higher; so the Palestinians is not going to be alone.”
Armani’s mom added, “The Palestinians are like a brotherly folks, we really feel rather a lot from the absurd pictures we see.”
#ESPAÑA 🇵🇸 Miles de manifestantes marchan en más de 40 ciudades del Estado español durante la huelga Normal de educación, que ha tenido un respaldo generalizado hasta el 80 % en aulas de liceos y universidades 📚 Los estudiante exigen el fin del genocidio en #Palestina pic.twitter.com/hTiaME3s4E
— Sergio Rodrigo (@SRodrigoteleSUR) October 2, 2025
Ana, a 14-year-old pupil protesting in Barcelona, mentioned: “I believe it’s very dangerous what’s occurring,” including that Israel does “not let meals arrive and likewise bombs them, which causes many, particularly young children, to die, and I’m very sorry.”
Thursday’s walkouts passed off as Israeli forces continued assaulting Gaza on Thursday, killing scores of Palestinians amid a backdrop of ongoing famine and compelled displacement. Since October 2023, Israeli forces have killed a minimum of 66,225 Palestinians in Gaza, though consultants say the precise demise toll is way larger. No less than 168,938 different Palestinians have been wounded, and hundreds extra are lacking and presumed lifeless.
Spain’s socialist-led authorities has been a number one critic of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, taking quite a few proactive steps together with slicing off arms transfers to the erstwhile ally, prohibiting the cargo of gasoline to the Israeli navy, formally recognizing Palestinian statehood, and backing South Africa’s genocide case at the moment earlier than the Worldwide Court docket of Justice in The Hague.
The Spanish Overseas Ministry says a minimum of 30 Spaniards are among the many many World Sumud Flotilla activists seized by Israeli forces in worldwide waters in a single day Thursday whereas making an attempt to ship desperately wanted humanitarian assist to Gaza.
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