Several demonstrations in Palma, Sóller, Inca, and Artà this Friday have once again highlighted the rejection by a segment of the public of armed violence and international inaction in the face of the genocide that, according to the organizers, is taking place in Palestine. The mobilizations, driven by social and pacifist groups, were intended as an explicit call to not normalize barbarity or silence in the face of crimes against humanity that are being witnessed "live" and are extensively documented internationally.

The Podemos councilor in Palma City Council, Lucía Muñoz, has announced that she will offer her salary this month to pay the fine imposed on Reyes RigoWhile celebrating her imminent release, the activists insist they won't be "quiet" until Reyes is out of Israel and back home.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, reported that the Spanish government is working to ensure that the eight Spanish citizens from the new flotilla, who are being held in an Israeli prison, are released "as soon as possible" and return to our country, which is "where they should be" and not be detained. This was stated by the head of Spanish diplomacy in an interview with In the mornings from RNE, in which he also referred to Reyes Rigo, the Spanish woman from the first flotilla who is still being held in an Israeli prison, indicated that they are in contact with Israeli authorities, although she acknowledged that it is "difficult" to know when she and the rest of the citizens will be able to return to Spain.

Teachers at the Algarb de Sant Jordi High School in Sant Josep de la Frontera reported Wednesday that the Regional Ministry of Education and Universities has requested explanations and issued a formal warning after participating in an event with the school in support of Palestine on September 15.

An Israeli court in the southern city of Beersheba on Wednesday extended the arrest of Mallorcan Reyes Rigo, accused of biting a prison official, until October 10. The activist She was arrested by Israel on October 1 while traveling aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla.In a video released Wednesday by Ynet, an Israeli media outlet, Reyes Rigo can be heard saying, "They're threatening me." The activist makes these statements as she walks past the courtroom. She is also seen speaking to a trusted person, perhaps her interpreter, who asks her not to say anything because she is being recorded.

Family, friends, and party colleagues have no news of Reyes Rigo and continue to live with tension, fear, and hope for the Mallorcan activist's return to the island after being detained while sailing with the Global Sumud Flotilla.

The Global Movement in Gaza, Mallorca, has come out in defense of Reyes Rigo, one of the Mallorcans who was part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, accused of assaulting an Israeli prison officer. This alleged assault is what has led to her detention being extended, and she is currently the only person detained during the humanitarian mission who has not yet returned.

The Mallorcan activists of the Sumud Global Flotilla expelled from Israel have denounced on Monday night upon their arrival in Madrid that they have suffered "torture" during their detention and have warned that one of their companions, The Mallorcan Reyes Rigo has not yet returned to Spain"Not everyone is here. Reyes Rigo is missing. We're worried about our colleagues who have been left behind. We won't stop until they're released," stated the coordinator of Podemos Islas Baleares, Lucía Muñoz, to the television cameras waiting for them at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport.

Israeli authorities have extended the detention of Reyes Rigo, one of the Mallorcan activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla, until Wednesday. She is accused of biting a female officer at Ktziot prison during a medical examination. Israeli police confirmed the extension of the activist's arrest on social media. She was taken from Ktziot prison to a police station in Segev Shalom, in the Negev region, for questioning following the alleged attack.

Several people with their faces covered have painted graffiti in front of various businesses in Mallorca in support of the international boycott campaign against companies linked to Israel. The images have been sent by Ciudadanos por Palestina, a group that has wanted to disassociate itself from their authorship and has assured that it only retransmits the material received in its email.

Hundreds of people gathered in Palma this Saturday to demand protection from the Global Sumud Flotilla and to protest against Israel's attacks on Gaza.

Mallorca for Palestine has organized rallies in four ports in Mallorca to support the Global Sumud Flotilla, an international civil society initiative that will include more than 50 vessels and representatives from over 44 countries. The fleet, which will depart from Barcelona for Gaza on August 31, will be the largest collective effort by the international solidarity movement with Palestine to break the blockade on Gaza and will include sailors, health workers, lawyers, and activists from around the world.

Pedro Sánchez has stood out, at the European level, as one of the most forceful leaders when it comes to condemning the genocide Israel is carrying out in Gaza and recognizing a future Palestinian state. The increasingly extreme facts are proving him right. Faced with this evidence, France and Germany have begun to change their position. But Sánchez's international political positioning in this area does not fully correspond with domestic events.

Nearly 100 journalists from the Balearic Islands have signed a petition open letter driven by the Posidonia Magazine and the Menorca Solidarity Committee with Palestine, following the murder of Anas al-Sharif and his colleagues at Al Jazeera. The manifesto, called The murdered journalists, the genocide in Gaza, recalls that in just a few months, Israel has killed more than 200 journalists covering Israeli attacks against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

The women behind the citizen initiative that was called on July 31st Several marches for Palestine throughout Mallorca, have issued a statement in which they have praised the initiative—which they estimate brought together 22,000 participants on the island—and have criticized the media coverage it received, particularly from IB3, and the reaction of the Government the day after the demonstrations. In the statement, they explained that the meeting, held on Monday in Sineu, sought to express "the grave concern, not to say alarm, caused by the media coverage of the marches" and that the public broadcaster of the Balearic Islands Radio and Television (BRT) "failed to fulfill its purpose of guaranteeing freedom of expression and the right of citizens to receive independent information."

Government spokesman Antoni Costa called for the protection of the civilian population and children in the Gaza Strip, but declined to explicitly describe the Israeli offensive as "genocide." Since the attack began, 60,000 Palestinians have died, of whom more than 18,500 are children and almost 9,800 are women. Costa made this point when asked about the more than 50 marches and rallies in support of Palestine that took place simultaneously last Thursday across virtually all of Mallorca. The spokesman expressed his "utmost respect for the freedom of citizens to mobilize for any cause they deem appropriate."

More than 50 simultaneous marches across the Balearic Islands raised their voices to demand an end to the genocide in Palestine. It is worth remembering that the death toll in Gaza currently exceeds 60,000, of whom more than 18,500 are children and almost 9,800 are women, according to the latest published data. In addition, there are approximately 145,870 injured, many of them with serious injuries such as amputations, while much of the medical infrastructure remains overwhelmed.