Italy was on strike in solidarity with Palestinians last Monday. Hundreds of thousands demonstrated from south to north, blocking roads, ports and railway stations. In Rome, many drivers found themselves stuck in traffic — and were happy about it, saluting demonstrators and condemning Israel’s genocide and apartheid against Palestinians. The BDS movement salutes the Italian trade unions, students movements, grassroots groups and people of conscience who have made this unprecedented act of meanin

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