MADRID (Dispatches) – Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through central Madrid against the genocide in Gaza, criticizing what they called the “hypocrisy” and “double standards” of the Spanish and European Union authorities regarding the war between the Zionist regime and Hamas.
Ione Belarra, a member of Congress, stated, “It is the international community that is allowing this genocide to be perpetuated.”
“If it were not for the fact that the United States and the European Union continue to sell, buy, and allow the transit of weapons through our countries, Netanyahu would not be able to do what he is doing,” she added.
The same position was taken by Antonio Maillo, General Coordinator of the IU party, who stated that “the European Union cannot look the other way, it cannot have the double standard of criticizing war conflicts and taking a different position on Israel.”
At the protest, demonstrators could be seen carrying placards reading “End the arms trade with Israel” and “Stop the complicity of the government and businesses.”
There were also several large banners at the march, one of which read “Stop the genocide in Palestine, long live the struggle of the Palestinian people.”
In another move, student groups across several American universities have launched a coordinated hunger strike in solidarity with the people of Gaza, who are facing severe food shortages due to the Zionist regime’s genocidal policies. 
The student-led initiative also aims to draw attention to the Donald Trump administration’s targeting of pro-Palestinian students advocating for human rights.
Students from Yale University and four California State universities—Long Beach, San Jose State, Sacramento State, and San Francisco State—have joined forces in a coordinated hunger strike.
The students also demand complete divestment from companies complicit in the occupying regime’s genocidal actions, the severing of university ties with Israeli institutions, and the protection of free speech on campus.
At Yale, six Yalies4Palestine members, which include five undergraduates and one recent alum, aim to continue the hunger strike until the university meets its demands.
Their demands include divesting from weapons suppliers, not punishing student protesters, and ending partnerships that fund students to travel to the Palestinian land occupied by the Israeli forces.
The students said they would only consume water until Yale concedes to their list of demands.