The Palestinian Arab Community Association, in coordination with Amnesty International and the municipality of Reus, organized yesterday a series of activities in solidarity with the Palestinian people at the Freedom Square in the city of Reus. The activities were attended by the Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Spain, Husni Abdel Wahed, the Mayor of Reus, Monsey Flores, Spanish MPs and members of the Palestinian and Arab communities in Spain. Amina Shoman, the head of the Palestinian Arab Community Association in Reus, told WAFA that these activities aim to collect the largest possible number of signatures on a petition to prosecute the Israeli occupation for its practice of apartheid against the Palestinian people. The deputy mayor of Tarragona, Paula Varas, expressed her solidarity with the Palestinian cause, denouncing all the crimes committed by Israel against the Palestinian people, who have the right to live in peace. In February last year, Amnesty International confirmed in a report what Palestinian and international human rights experts and advocates have been saying for decades, that Israel is responsible for the crime against humanity of apartheid. The comprehensive report documented how massive seizures of Palestinian land and property, unlawful killings, forcible transfer, drastic movement restrictions, and the denial of nationality and citizenship to Palestinians are all components of a discriminatory system which amounts to a crime against humanity under international law.

Source: Palestine News & Information Agency (WAFA)