Various groups gathered at Welcome Rotunda in Quezon City on May 15 in solidarity with Palestinian people’s marking of the Al Nakba 78th anniversary. They called for Palestine’s liberation from Zionist Israel’s violent occupation. The Philippines-Palestine Friendship Association led the action. Protesters carried Palestinian flags and placards supporting the Palestinians.

Drive out the Israeli soldiers. Residents of General Luna in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte demanded justice and accountability after a series of crimes and violence against them by Israeli soldiers who swarmed the island. They held a meeting with local officials, police, business owners and other sectors on May 12 to discuss successive incidents of violence, harassment and humiliation by the Israeli soldiers.

Most recent, and worst, was an Israeli group’s attack on Cartoon Cafe in General Luna on May 11. The soldiers reportedly vandalized the establishment after seeing a Palestinian flag hanging outside. The soldiers reportedly destroyed CCTV cameras and mauled the business-owning couple in front of their small child. These soldiers were reported to have just returned from “service” in the Zionist state’s genocide against Palestine.