Over 300,000 Italians participated in the demonstration with opposition leader in the opposition parties Romedemanding the end of war on the Gauzewith people shouting slogans and criticizing Prime Minister George Meloni and Netanyahu in Israel.
A massive mobilization of solidarity with the Palestinian civilian population organized the three largest parties in the Italian opposition this afternoon (07.06.025). The Democratic Party, the Five Stars, the Italian Left with the ecologists, trade unions and organizations of civil society have called for the operations of the Israeli army to end immediately in the Gaza Strip.
Tens of thousands of people, according to the organizers, marched by shaking the flags of Palestinian, peace and parties, as well as anti -war placards. However, there were also several flags of Israel and peace with the star of David in the center.
The course, organized in Rome by opposition forces Partito Democratico (Democratic Party), Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) and Alleanza Verdi Sinistra Italiana (AVS), started by Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II and was completed before his Basilica Guovanni Laterano.
The banner that opened the huge course wrote: “Stop the slaughter in Gaza. Enough with complicity. ” According to local authorities, at least ten thousand people lined up on the streets of Rome, thousands were in the square where the procession ended.
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According to the organizers, in the march that ended up in San Giovanni Square in Rome, more than 300,000 citizens participated.
“Georgia Meloni must hear today’s request and recognize the Palestinian state. The Palestinians are not alone and their lives count. Today we say: “Two peoples and two states”, “said Democratic Party Secretary Eli Slain, that” in Gaza is under way ethnic cleansing and this is unacceptable. “
“They are constantly reiterating that our country offers humanitarian aid and that they are in favor of the solution of the two states for two peoples. Then we tell Georgia Meloni that the state of Palestine must recognize, otherwise its own attitude is only hypocrisy, “said Nicolas Fratioani, secretary of the Italian left.
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And the president of the Five Star Movement and former Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said it was “genocide” and called on the Rome government “to sign the immediate stoppage of weapons to Israel because this slaughter cannot continue to commit it.”
This was not the only demonstration for ending the war in Gaza. Matteo Renzi and Azione parties by Carlo Calenda organized the meeting entitled “Two Peoples, Two States, One Destiny” at the Parenti Theater in Milan, on Friday.
The second demonstration emerged after a disagreement between the two central parties and the organizers of the march in Rome because the Italia Viva and Azione parties had called for a reference to anti -Semitism in Manifesto.
This request was rejected by the Avs, M5 and PD because they considered the condemnation of the slaughter of October 7, 2023, which Hamas committed to Israel was already clear.
In recent days, Deputy Minister Matteo Salvini has criticized the opposition to organize the event in Rome on the eve of the referendum on work and citizenship. “I hope no one will use the deaths in Gaza to push people to go to vote,” Salvini said.