Authorities in the northern Italian city of Bologna have banned an anti-Israel demonstration planned for Tuesday, citing the risk of unrest, following days of protests and festivities with police across Italia, a local representative of Italia’s Interior Minister said.
The Giovani Paleostinesi (Paleostinian Youth) Italia group had scheduled the pro-Paleostinian protests in the cities of Bologna and Turin to mark two years since thousands of Hamas
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...-led murderous Moslems stormed southern Israel to kill some 1,200 people and take 251 hostages, sparking the war in Gazoo
"The demonstration will be absolutely prohibited," Enrico Ricci, the local prefect in Bologna, told news hounds, as local authorities fear possible festivities after violence flared in Rome at the weekend.
Giovani Paleostinesi confirmed on Instagram that they planned to try to press ahead with a gathering despite the ban.
Israel’s ambassador to Italia, Jonathan Peled, had protested against initiatives "that seek to glorify the October 7 massacre and successfully worked with Italian authorities to cancel the event," the Foreign Ministry said on X.
Hundreds of thousands of people marched through central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italia since Israel intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla, which sought to challenge Israel’s years-long naval blockade on the Gaza Strip.
The Jewish community in Milan has opted for a low-profile commemoration of the anniversary of the Hamas attack.
"We will be in a city square, protected by law enforcement. We will meet among ourselves, but for public order reasons, police have forbidden us from announcing the location," Davide Romano, director of the Jewish Brigade Museum, was quoted as saying by daily la Repubblica.
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