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Protest against Gaza war as Venice Film Festival opens | International
VENICE, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Protesters against Israel's invasion of Gaza held a banner saying "Free Palestine" and "Stop the Genocide" outside the Venice Film Festival's main building on Wednesday, hours before stars were to walk its red carpet. Around 20 people from a regional left-wing Italian political collective held up the hand-drawn banner and Palestinian flags ahead of the opening ceremony later Wednesday. "We need to use the attention here during the film festival to shift the focus on to Palestine," Giulia Cacopardo, 28, from the North-East Social Centres, told AFP. "We hope that other people are going to join us to stop the genocide now." The gathering was a prelude to a much larger demonstration planned at...
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