Demonstrations in favor of Palestine in several cities in Italy, despite being prohibited

Hundreds of people took to the streets today. Pomegranate, Milan, Naples and other Italian cities to support the Palestinian people, despite the ban imposed by the authorities to prevent demonstrations from coinciding with the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Holocaust.

The concentration of Milan (north) brought together around a thousand participants, while at least half a thousand They gathered in the capital and a few hundred in Naples, who decided to rebel and not comply with the organizers’ decision to postpone the protests until tomorrow.

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Several police vehicles blocked access to the Milanese square in Loreto, where there were protesters, mostly from the group “Palestinian Youth”, who had already announced his intention to break the ban, chanted “Intifada”, albeit peacefully, local media reports.

In the central square Victory of Romewith numerous Palestinian flags, the demonstrators turned the protest into a protest and did not march on foot to the square. Saint Johnas planned before the ban issued this Friday by “security reasons”.

“Enough of complicity with the Zionist occupation. No to commercial and military relations between Italy It is Israel” reads one of the banners displayed by the participants, most of them students and supporters of the Palestinian cause, who insisted that their objective is to “call for an end to the bombings” in Gaza and that Italy “take a step back” in its support for Israel.

The Rome Police Headquarters notified this Friday the “Palestinian Student Movement in Italy”organizer of the march, that, as per guidance from the Public Security Secretariat, the initiative should be carried out on another date, which was accepted “by reluctant”.

“It is extremely serious that the Jewish community changes a decision already taken by the competent authority that authorized the march. It’s a decision that increases anger“lamented the president of the organizing group, Maya that, what did he say “I cannot guarantee that tomorrow there will not be people taking to the streets”.

In Naples (south), several hundred people participated in a protest with flags and posters in support of the population of Link at the Holocaust Remembrance Day for what “the memory of a genocide serves everyone”.

The protest took place peacefullyalthough due to the ban the historic center of the city was shielded by the authorities, according to the same sources.

Following a complaint from the Jewish community in Italy, the Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosiasked Government delegates to ban demonstrations, as “The risk of substantially undermining the value attributed to the January 27th celebrations is too great.”

Source: Elcomercio

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