Along with millions of people worldwide taking actions in solidarity with the Palestinians, youth and other sectors marched to the Israeli embassy in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig City on May 15. They again condemned the US and Israel for their genocide in Gaza, especially their attack on Rafah, dubbed the “final sanctuary” for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.

Police and BGC guards violently attempted to disperse the protest, injuring 15 rallyists.

Other progressive and national-democratic groups held a separate protest in Quezon City.

The action is in solidarity with the international call to commemorate the 76th anniversary of Al Nakba (The Catastrophe) when the Zionist movement first violently expelled the Palestinians from their land to establish the “Israel” state. Worldwide, people are intensifying actions against Zionist Israel amid its indiscriminate bombing and attacks on Gaza. This includes the students’ stepping up their protests at more than 100 major universities in the US, as well as in France and Australia.

Protesters said the genocide happening today at Gaza is worse than the 1948 Nakba, thus people around the world must work earnestly to have it stopped.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed more than 38,000 Palestinians in Gaza, with more than 2 million displaced and driven out of their communities.