MEXICO CITY: MARCH AGAINST GAZA GENOCIDE

This article by Alexia Villaseñor and César Arellano originally appeared in the May 19th, 2025 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier leftist daily newspaper.

Palestinian ambassador to Mexico, Nadya Rasheed, demanded an end to the genocide and infanticide carried out by Israel in her country: “We will not stop, and we will not give up; it is clear that the Palestinian people will never stop demanding their freedom, dignity, and rights. They will never silence us.”

During a rally in the capital’s Zócalo, where the march that departed from the Angel of Independence at 3 p.m. concluded, in which more than two thousand people participated for two hours, in her first appearance in this type of mobilization, the diplomat pointed out that the oppressor (State of Israel) intends to turn 2.3 million present lives into future corpses, owing to an ideology of absurd, infantile supremacy.

The Ambassador mentioned that 77 years of impunity have passed due to the Zionist occupation, that May 15th marks another anniversary of the beginning of Israel’s invasion of Palestinian territory to build its state.

Rasheed acknowledged that “from the inherited ancestral strength that lives within every Mexican, this noble people continues to march to stop Israel from its daily whim of denying our babies access to their basic food. We echo the global call of ‘no more infanticide.'”

While giving her speech, Rasheed, who wore a white T-shirt with the words Free Palestine, was moved by the protesters’ unison shouts of support—Long Live Free Palestine—so she paused her message for a few seconds, placed her hand on her chest, and then raised it with her fist raised.

Mexico is synonymous with solidarity, she said, and thanked those present for carrying Gaza in their hearts, for going a step further without stopping at the limits and borders invented by oppression, for continuing to march for Palestine. She spoke of those who marching around water tanks that the Palestinians are ultimately denied access to because the oppressor suffers from a murderous thirst.

She added that the Palestinian people will not be silenced, and when the day comes, history will remember who fought, who marched, and who was not afraid. “You will have been part of this unstoppable force that made the oppressors tremble and paved the way for justice.”

CNTE, In Favour of Social Causes

Professor Filiberto Fraustro, union leader of Section 34 in Zacatecas, affiliated with the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE), told this media outlet that, “the teaching profession has never been indifferent to injustice, and what is happening in Palestine pains us. For this reason, “he said,” teachers are joining this cause to demand an end to the genocide against the people. He added: “We cannot turn a blind eye to the demand for justice.”

Professor Elvira Veleces, from Section 14 of Guerrero, reiterated to this newspaper that the CNTE condemns the genocide in Palestine, as well as denouncing the entire system that is exterminating a people and that is going unpunished.

Meanwhile, Daniela González López, international coordinator of the People’s Observatory of Human Rights, stated during the rally: “589 days have passed since the escalation of the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people. The catastrophe did not begin after October 7. Since 1948, Zionism, with the complicity and auspices of the world powers of then and now, has imposed a policy of extermination against the Palestinian people.”

During the march, it rained with hail, but this didn’t stop the thousands of participants from marching. They raised their umbrellas while others took up tarps to protect themselves and continued on their way.

Upon arriving at the Juárez Hemicycle, the ambassador paused in front of the metal fences protecting the building, as visual artists created a mural honoring Palestine and demanding a boycott of Zionist companies.