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flag Italian workers and students protest Gaza crisis, demanding Italy recognize Palestinian statehood.

flag Thousands of Italian workers and students joined a 24-hour general strike and nationwide protests in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, disrupting transportation, schools, ports, and rail services in cities like Rome and Milan. flag Organized by grassroots unions, the demonstrations drew over 20,000 people in Rome, who condemned the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where Israel’s military campaign—launched after Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack—has caused over 65,100 reported deaths, mass displacement, widespread destruction, and famine-like conditions. flag Protesters criticized Italy’s government, a close ally of Israel, for inaction and failure to recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly, despite growing domestic pressure and a recent shift toward a more critical stance on Israeli policies.

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