A group of pro-Palestinian activists staged an artistic intervention to express their rejection of the State of Israel and the ongoing genocide perpetrated by Benjamin Netanyahu. They were accompanied and supported by Sol Gonzalez and Jimena Hernandez, members of the recent Global Sumud Flotilla, which aimed to deliver humanitarian aid to the Palestinian state and the Gaza Strip. All of them inflated white balloons to represent the murdered children and women, which they painted with soccer balls, skulls, World Cup motifs, and inscribed with statistics on the number of killings committed by the Israeli army and occupation forces. During the planning of this activity, citizens of different ages approached us to inquire about this action in support of Palestine and decided to support it of their own volition, while being informed about the crimes being committed in Israel and also about the negative impacts of hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup, WM, Weltmeisterschaft, Fussball in Mexico: forced displacement, gentrification, enforced disappearances, and the water and housing crisis surrounding the Azteca Stadium Banorte Stadium and currently the Mexico City Stadium. Mexico City Mexico - ZUMAp204 20260529_zip_p204_024

May 29, 2026, Mexico City, Cdmx, Mexico: A group of pro-Palestinian activists staged an artistic intervention to express their rejection of the State of Israel and the ongoing genocide perpetrated by Benjamin Netanyahu. They were accompanied and supported by Sol Gonzalez and Jimena Hernandez, members of the recent Global Sumud Flotilla, which aimed to deliver humanitarian aid to the Palestinian state and the Gaza Strip. All of them inflated white balloons to represent the murdered children and women, which they painted with soccer balls, skulls, World Cup motifs, and inscribed with statistics on the number of killings committed by the Israeli army and occupation forces. During the planning of this activity, citizens of different ages approached us to inquire about this action in support of Palestine and decided to support it of their own volition, while being informed about the crimes being committed in Israel and also about the negative impacts of hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup, WM, Weltmeisterschaft, Fussball in Mexico: forced displacement, gentrification, enforced disappearances, and the water and housing crisis surrounding the Azteca Stadium Banorte Stadium and currently the Mexico City Stadium. Mexico City Mexico - ZUMAp204 20260529_zip_p204_024