Women in Turkey form human chain in solidarity with Gaza
Hundreds of women in Istanbul formed a human chain to express solidarity with Palestinian women and children killed in Israel’s war on Gaza.
The demonstration – where participants held hands or stood shoulder to shoulder – was organised by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party.
Similar protests took place simultaneously in Ankara and other cities across Turkey. Many of the women waved Palestinian flags or wore the traditional kaffiyeh scarf.
The demonstrations come on the eve of the second anniversary of the October 7 attacks by Hamas. That assault triggered Israel’s devastating war on Gaza, which has since claimed more than 67,100 Palestinian lives.
People march during a pro-Palestinian protest in Istanbul, Turkey
Italy bans pro-Palestinian October 7 demonstration in Bologna
Authorities in Bologna, Italy, have banned a Palestinian solidarity demonstration planned for tomorrow citing the risk of unrest following days of protests and clashes with police across the country.
The Giovani Palestinesi (Palestinian Youth) Italia group scheduled demonstrations in the cities of Bologna and Turin to mark the second anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel.
“The demonstration will be absolutely prohibited,” Enrico Ricci, the local prefect in Bologna, told reporters.
Giovani Palestinesi said on Instagram it will attempt to demonstrate despite the ban.
Israel’s ambassador to Italy, Jonathan Peled, protested against initiatives “that seek to glorify the October 7 massacre and successfully worked with Italian authorities to cancel the event”, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said on X.
Hundreds of thousands of people marched through central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests.
Tomorrow needs to be all about, remember remember October the 7th 2023, the day history started in the ME (or 3,000 years ago according to Trump)
