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Yesterday, Saturday, Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles described the Gaza war as a “real genocide.” Robles made the remarks in an interview with the official TVE television station. The comments echoed the remarks made by Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Dias a few days ago, who described the Gaza war as a genocide.
“We can’t ignore what’s happening in Gaza, which is a true genocide,” Roberts said in the interview, which also touched on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and conflicts in Africa.
She added that Madrid’s recognition of a Palestinian state was not a move against Israel, noting that its purpose was to help “end violence in Gaza.”
In Switzerland, around 800 pro-Palestinian students demonstrated on the streets of Lausanne yesterday, as the country’s protest movement began at the university condemning the war in the Gaza Strip.
One of the demonstrators shouted “Long live Palestine, long live Palestine,” as about 800 protesters chanted, according to the Keystone ATS news agency.
Police estimated the number of demonstrators at 700, while organizers confirmed that 1,500 people took part in the demonstration.
Students from the University of Lausanne, the EPFL and other French-speaking universities took turns speaking, calling for an academic boycott of Israeli universities.
Activists carried Palestinian flags and wore Arab headscarves on their shoulders as they marched through the city center.
According to the agency, slogans raised by demonstrators included “Palestinian lives matter,” “In Palestine, those assassinated are human beings,” and “Israel is a criminal, the United States is a partner.”
They also raised slogans such as “Free Palestine” and “Palestine will be free from the river to the sea.” Critics of this slogan consider it anti-Semitic because it denies the existence of the State of Israel.
The demonstration was originally scheduled to take place in the federal capital of Bern, but due to a lack of a permit, the Palestinian Student Coordination Organization decided to organize the demonstration in Lausanne, where a permit was granted.
Inspired by a similar movement in the United States, Switzerland’s pro-Palestinian student movement began in May at the University of Lausanne.
It then spread throughout the country, including to the Universities of Geneva, Fribourg, Neuchâtel, Bern and Basel, as well as many other higher education institutions.
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