
Hundreds of people marched in Milan from Piazza della Repubblica to Piazza San Babila to demand the embargo against Israel and the end of the military and political agreements, denouncing the situation in Gaza and the occupation of the Palestinian territories.
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The demonstration is part of the global protests regarding the conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
In Milan the march started from Piazza della Repubblica to ask for a halt to the agreements and the embargo against Israel. Opening the demonstration, in which hundreds are participating, is a banner with the words "From the river to the sea Palestine will be free.
Against genocide, war, Zionism and any complicity.
Free Palestine from the river to the sea." In the square flags of the Green Left Alliance, Power to the People, Communist Refoundation. Also present were Al Cobas, Carc and Amnesty International, Cambiare Rotta and the University Union.
"After three years of genocide in Gaza, the Palestinian people continue to suffer massacres. Despite the decline in media attention and narratives of pacification, the oppression has not stopped. It is our duty to bring the Palestinian struggle back to the center of political and popular debate in Italy," the organizers said. Among the signs displayed there is also one with the phrase "7 October like 25 April. Fasci and Zionists hanged".
The demonstration was promoted by the Young Palestinians of Milan, who in their appeal invited citizens and organizations to take to the streets to support the Palestinian cause and ask for an end to the occupation. The requests also include the interruption of agreements with Israel and the end of "all forms of complicity with the Israeli government responsible for genocide". Similar mobilizations are taking place in other Italian squares. The Milanese procession passes through the city center, with an expected arrival in Piazza San Babila.
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