Italians rally against ‘Israeli genocide in Palestine’

On Saturday about ten thousand people flooded the streets of the Italian capital, Rome, once again, to stage a rally against what they call the “genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.”

The initiative dubbed “Italy Out of All Wars” was attended by political parties and trade unions, including Power to the People, the Communist Refoundation Party, and USB trade union.

High school students and their families, who called on the international community to put an end to Israel's bloodbath in the besieged Gaza Strip, were also present at the rally.

Those at the rally demanded accountability of the US, UK, and much of Europe, for being "wholly complicit in the horrific assault on the Palestinian civilians by Israeli forces."

They condemned the media and those who hold the posture of selective morality on the ongoing massacre in the Gaza Strip.

People at the rally were also calling on Italy and the European Union to declare an arms embargo on Israel.

With over €2 billion worth of military contracts guaranteed to Israel in the last 10 years, European countries are one of Tel Aviv's main suppliers of military systems and equipment, training only in the US.

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