This article by Daniel González Delgadillo originally appeared in the September 18, 2025 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.
Mexico City. The Coordinating Committee of Mexican Trade Unions for Palestine, which brings together nearly 300 unions, demanded that the federal government sever diplomatic relations with Israel, expressing its concern over the more than 65,000 deaths caused in Gaza and the West Bank by the genocide led by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since October 2023.
Photo by Luis Castillo
In support of the Palestinian people, Rosa Isela Carrasco Santos, a member of the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE), insisted at a press conference that the government should also cancel the Mexico-Israel Free Trade Agreement and prohibit the acquisition of any military, police, or security products or services.
Reading a manifesto from this union coalition, Carrasco stated that it is necessary to support the people of Gaza and the West Bank in their right to have their own state, in accordance with their sovereign decision, without any foreign interference. She also called for an intensive educational campaign within the ranks of their union organizations to raise awareness about this crime under international law.
The CNTE representative emphasized the need to promote various mobilizations across the country, supported by the broadest sectors of the Mexican people, to condemn the Zionist regime of Israel and support international sanctions “that condemn Netanyahu and his genocidal government.”
She also called for an end to the blockade of food, water, and medicine imposed by Israeli forces in the Palestinian territories, seeking to use hunger as a weapon of war.
“We will seek the best ways to convey our support to the Palestinian population, and we demand that the Mexican government promote this policy within the United Nations Security Council.”
Under this scenario, Carrasco announced that the coalition of unions will hold a mobilization on Saturday, September 20th [in Mexico City, starting 3pm at the Angel of Independence] to demand the aforementioned points, and on the 25th they will hold a forum to outline further actions in favor of the Palestinian people. On October 7th, they will hold a march to reject the two-year anniversary of Netanyahu’s initiation of this war on Gaza and the West Bank.
During this conference, Arturo León Velazco, general secretary of the Independent Union of Workers of the Metropolitan Autonomous University, commented that Netanyahu’s actions against the Palestinian people are completely unacceptable because they must never happen and must end.
Demands For the Mexican government
In the face of all this barbarity and recovering the best traditions of history by breaking diplomatic relations with dictatorships such as those of Francisco Franco in Spain, Augusto Pinochet in Chile, or Anastasio Somoza in Nicaragua, the manifesto of the Coordinator of Trade Unions for Palestine presented the following list of demands:
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Demand that the Mexican government sever diplomatic, commercial, military, and cultural relations with the Zionist State of Israel. Cancel the Israel-Mexico Free Trade Agreement. Prohibit the acquisition of any military, police, or security products or services.
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Express our complete solidarity with the Palestinian people and support their right to their own state, in accordance with their sovereign decision, without any external interference. Stop the genocide!
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Conduct an intensive educational campaign within the ranks of ourtrade union organizations to inform them of the criminal nature of the Zionist State of Israel and the just struggle of the Palestinian people for their national liberation.
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Promote various mobilizations, supported by the broadest sectors of the Mexican people, to condemn the Zionist regime of Israel, supporting international sanctions against Netanyahu and his genocidal government. Zionism is a danger to humanity!
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End the criminal blockade of food, water, and medicine carried out by theoccupying forces, using hunger as a weapon of war. We will seek the best ways to deliver our support to the Palestinian population and demand that the Mexican government promote this policy within the United Nations Security Council.
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