Some 300 people gathered on Palma's Born on Friday evening to protest against the US and Israeli bombing of Iran. Organisers considered this to be a serious threat to international peace and a further step in the escalating conflict ravaging the Middle East.
Arranged by the Mallorca per la Pau Platform (Mallorca for Peace), key messages were: "For peace and for life. No to war. No bases. No NATO." Bob Dylan's 'Blowin' in the Wind' was played over loudspeakers. Dylan's song was written in 1962 and became an anthem for anti-war protests.
Journalist Maria Llull spoke at the event, describing Donald Trump and his followers as "Western-style ayatollahs .. invoking their god of war".
A manifesto denounced the systematic disregard for international law and the repeated violations of the legality that should govern relations between states. There was criticism of unilateral actions based on the logic of force rather than dialogue, jeopardising global stability and the security of nations, and eroding the principles of the Charter of the United Nations. "Boycott Israel" was one of the slogans chanted.
Although the organisers welcomed the Spanish Government's decision to prevent the US from using its bases in Rota and Morón for the war, they maintained that neither Mallorca nor any other territory should serve as a logistical platform for wars that do not serve the interests of the people. In this regard, they reiterated their rejection of any military infrastructure or bunker at Son Sant Joan, insisting that the island should not become a strategic NATO enclave or a base for international military operations.