The conflict unleashed after the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel continues to gain space on the national political agenda with clearly opposing positions. After the bitter confrontation in the Madrid Assembly between Isabel Díaz Ayuso (PP) and Mónica García (Más Madrid), the scene of the controversy has been the Malaga City Council. Podemos and Izquierda Unida, which make up the Con Málaga coalition, have displayed a large Palestinian flag as a gesture of “solidarity” with the Palestinian people.
The banner, measuring four by eight meters, was placed this Tuesday morning by councilors Toni Morillas and Nico Sguiglia, who during the protest action were accompanied by different social groups.. Subsequently, and after immortalizing the protest, it was removed without the intervention of municipal staff..
Sguiglia, co-spokesperson of the municipal group of the aforementioned formation, explained in a statement that “we are experiencing an authentic moral and humanitarian catastrophe with the siege and bombing by the Israeli government of the population of the Gaza Strip.”. “We are talking about more than 5,000 deaths today with a very high number of boys and girls among them,” he stated, to which Morillas added that this protest action is a response to the Town Hall being illuminated with the colors of the Israeli flag.
“We have been asking for weeks that, in the same way that the government team—of the PP—showed its support for the victims of Hamas, it should have long ago shown support for the millions of Palestinian citizens who are suffering from the government's indiscriminate aggression. of —Benjamin— Netanyahu”, the councilor has complained.
The left-wing leaders have explained that “with this gesture we continue to demand issues that are common sense: the immediate ceasefire by Israel, the opening and respect of humanitarian corridors and that international legislation be complied with or enforced.” and bring those responsible for this barbarity to justice.”. “All citizens and institutions, including our city council, must stand on the side of peace, dialogue and respect for the lives of the entire population threatened by the bombings and supply cuts that are being carried out in a criminal manner.. We cannot sit idly by in the face of this authentic genocide,” concluded Sguiglia.
“Two minutes”
For his part, the Councilor for Security, Avelino Barrionuevo, explained that the flag has been placed, without any permission, “for just over two minutes, just the time that councilors from the aforementioned group needed to take a photograph in front of the Town Hall. with the facade as a background”. The time calculation has been carried out precisely from the images taken by the video surveillance system, as explained by the City Council in a statement.