The square of Cagliari sides with the Palestinians. Also in the Sardinian capital is the Solidarity Committee for Palestine which includes, among others, the Gaza community in Sardinia, Potere al Popolo, Usb, the independentists of Liberu and the antimilitarists of A Foras as well as Cobas school.
Around seven hundred participants in the – authorized – demonstration in Piazza Garibaldi, with dozens of Palestinian flags and two large banners: «Let's stop the massacre» and «On the side of those who fight».
Police and carabinieri were also present, but the demonstration was proceeding peacefully.
«They want to destroy us», began a representative of the Palestinian community in Sardinia, «this time they won't stop. The bombings did not begin these days, but much earlier. This is how Israel wants to solve its internal problems."
The requests were reiterated several times in speeches to the microphone. First point: «Immediate end to the current aggression in Gaza». And then the rest: stop the embargo and protection of displaced people. Then an appeal to Italy: «We ask the government to stop supplying weapons to the Israeli military occupation».
A denunciation manifesto was also distributed through social media: « More than 2 million Palestinian refugees live in the Gaza Strip - accuses the committee - who Israel expelled from their cities and villages in occupied Palestine. Furthermore, with an absolute siege on the Gaza Strip, Israel imposes a ferocious embargo which has indirectly killed thousands of sick, fragile and injured people due to lack of care and services."
(Unioneonline)