The activity of Telegram channels They fight for the cause of Palestine, they have been smoke -for weeks. The organization of the protests in the Cycling Tour of Spain were varying due to the media impact of their actions. The first slogans were more violent but police devices stopped this impetus. The members of these groups warn that the end of the television scenario will not set their intentions: “We will launch an international strike”.
The passage of cyclists through the different regions was scheduled to the millimeter just like the protests. The Propalestin Group detailed in the Telegram channels the scheduled time of the athletes for each locality. From Asturias to Castilla y León. There was nothing to chance.
Thus, at first, the organizers of these claiming actions were looking for television cameras to focus on their cause. “You have to stop the race”one of the users of these channels came to utter when the measures to be developed to cause the greatest possible impact on the media were discussed.
However, the accidents that caused the falls of the cyclists were a turning point in these acts. The organization claimed more means to interior and the Civil Guard activated a device with a higher number of agents who moved to protect the safety of the platoon. “All on the roads and ports with the flag of humanity,” they claimed the neighbors and citizens.
“There have been retentions, arbitrary identifications and other measures against people carried Puerto del Angliruwhen a dozen people were arrested for these episodes.
The organizers wanted to make clear at all times that the actions were individual and not generalized. A message that had to be key to not suffering reprisals or possible criminal accusations for “boycott” One of the most watched events internationally.
A front against fines
“The cycling return will be won by Palestine”they point out in some of these channels. It is not the first time that this circumstance occurs and incidents have happened, yes, more punctual last year. There is even a “group of victims by the Gag Law in the Cyclist Vuelta 2024”.
In this channel, an episode occurred on September 8, 2024 in the last stage of the cycling round. “The Government Delegation and the National Police deployed a repressive operation against those who show our solidarity with the Palestinian people,” summarizes.
They considered that they were “repressed, identified and sanctioned after a provocation instigated by young Zionists who, carrying flags of the Israeli State, spit on us, insulted and threatened.” “It was not an isolated fact: They also produced reprimands and sanctions in other points of the tour, “they admitted.
This fact has generated a line of defense to the instigators of the same actions during this year. “If you have fallen this year Do not pay itorganize with us. We have everything controlled, “they promoted.