October 15th 2023
The major Italian newspapers are flat out lying about the peaceful pro-Palestine march that happened yesterday in Milan.
They describe it as attended by relatively few Palestinians, and the bulk of the protesters being "Arabs from North Africa" and "radical leftist fringes". The interviewed protesters - all brownTM - characterized as "Tunisian raised in Milan" and "resident of [italian town] from Egypt".
All of this to avoid saying the word "Italian".
The march was full of Italians. We were all Italians, regardless of the other nationalities some people might also hold.
The press focused on the "veiled girls" which are one of the scariest thing to ever happened to the west. They completely ignored the sheer amount of FAMILIES with CHILDREN, both white and brown Italians, marching peacefully.
They claimed we "insulted Netanyahu" and "shouted anti-semitic slogans". Bibi was called a murderer, which is not an insult but an adjective that describes someone who does what he does. Israel was called criminal, fascist and genocidal, all things it manifestly is. Not a word was said against the Jews; it was often remarked by the organizers how this was not a matter of religion, how Palestinians ARE semites, and how Judaism =/= Zionism.
The press pretended there were no "true" italians at the march, all the while openly comparing Hamas to alQuaeda and Daesh (always Isis on their papers), criticizing the choice of holding the march "on Shabbat" as if that was an intentional choice and not an organizational necessity, and publishing interviews to the Israeli ambassador about how "other democratic countries banned these protest in favor of terrorism, why doesn't Italy?" with heavy implications that it's because italy is antisemitic. All the while equating Jew and Israeli, and claiming that Israelis feel unsafe in Europe because of the widespread pro-Palestine sentiment.
The march was criticized for the absence of peace flags and lack of "focus on the part of the organizers on the matter of peace."
Peace WAS discussed. The first day of peace will be the last day of the occupation.
As the organizers spoke, they received news that in that very moment a hospital in Gaza had been flattened. People were dying as we marched. An organizer, a girl named Filastin, lost her voice from crying out her people's pain and anger and commitment to justice, until someone else had to take over to lead a "free Palestine" chant.
As Filastin said, people in revolt are those whp write history. Intifada until victory.
From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.
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