Saturday, January 26, 2008

WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Italians Awaken to Palestinian Pain

"ROME, Jan 25 (IPS) - Several Italian civil society groups will mark the World Social Forum's global day of action Saturday by pledging support for Palestinians.

"This decentralised World Social Forum (WSF) offers to Palestinian democratic movements the chance of asking Europe to intervene and stop what Nelson Mandela has defined 'the new apartheid of our century'," said Mustafa Barghouthi, a pro-democracy activist who was candidate for presidency of the Palestinian National Authority in 2005. He spoke from Ramallah during a WSF press conference in Rome Tuesday.

The Palestinian international campaign to end the Israeli siege on Gaza has proclaimed Jan. 26 the international day of action against the Gaza siege. In support, pacifist groups from Israel and occupied Palestine, and their supporters all over the world, will organise solidarity initiatives for people of Gaza....."

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