{"id":30148,"date":"2023-11-25T18:35:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T02:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=30148"},"modified":"2023-11-25T18:35:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T02:35:18","slug":"barcelona-city-council-suspends-ties-with-israel-over-gaza-slaughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/11\/25\/barcelona-city-council-suspends-ties-with-israel-over-gaza-slaughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona City Council Suspends Ties With Israel Over Gaza Slaughter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Protesters in Barcelona march with a banner reading, “Let’s stop the genocide in Palestine,” on November 11, 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photo: Marc Asensio\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s not a war, it’s a genocide,” said Councilmember Ada Colau. “We not only need to denounce it, we must act and not stay on the sidelines.”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BRETT WILKINS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nov 24, 2023 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The city council of Barcelona, Spain’s second-largest city, voted Friday to suspend relations with Israel’s far-right government over what the party behind the move called the “genocide” in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduced by the leftist Barcelona en Com\u00fa party\u2014which asserted that “no government can turn a blind eye to a genocide”\u2014the resolution demands the municipal government discontinue “institutional relations with the current government of Israel until there is a definitive cease-fire, and respect for the basic rights of the Palestinian people and compliance with United Nations resolutions are guaranteed.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The resolution also calls for requiring public contracts to ensure that “no operator belongs to or carries out” activities “that go against international humanitarian law” and “rejects and condemns attacks against the population civilian, both Israeli and Palestinian, as well as any action constituting collective punishment, such as the forced displacement of population, the systematic destruction of homes and civilian infrastructure, or the blocking of the supply of energy, water, food, medical supplies and medicines to the population of the Gaza Strip.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u203c\ufe0f\u00a0\u00daLTIMA HORA

Aconseguim que Barcelona torni a suspendre relacions institucionals amb l'Estat d'Israel. Cap govern es pot quedar de perfil davant d'un genocidi que suma 16.000 morts entre els quals hi ha m\u00e9s de 5.000 infants palestins assassinats. pic.twitter.com\/cbjwwOI88M<\/a><\/p>— Barcelona En Com\u00fa (@bcnencomu) November 24, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>