2024-08-03 09:47:18
“Gaza List – Voice Against Genocide” has successfully submitted proposals for elections in seven federal states. As a result, most of Germany is voting, with the exception of Carinthia and Salzburg. The opportunity to punish a government for its continued support of Palestinian genocide mobilizes tremendous energy. As one official put it, after the list’s breakthrough in Vienna, a “real storm swept through magistrates and communities” in the federal states.
Gaza-born doctor Shadi Abu So, a top candidate in Lower Austria, had this to say: “We defend fundamental human rights and oppose a global system that commits genocide in the name of Western values. Governments are divided, and we Unite people based on basic human decency. It is time to show civil courage. You are not committing genocide.
Lawyer Astrid Wagner, who is of Jewish descent, defended her candidacy out of concern for the rule of law and fundamental rights: “Freedom of speech is one of the highest legal rights we have to defend” “I’m running to make anti-fascist ‘never again,'” said Dalia Saligh-Filner, a Palestinian activist and co-founder of No in the “In Our Name” initiative. Valid for everyone, including Palestinians.
Willi Langthaler, one of the spokespersons of List GAZA, expressed List GAZA’s candidacy position after this success: “We will not allow them to undermine the basic elements of our constitution, freedom of speech and neutrality. We want to prevent increasingly authoritarian rulers from taking us Not with us in the midst of war and genocide.
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