General Strike In Rome In Solidarity With Global Sumud Flotilla

ROME, ITALY - OCTOBER 3:A boy climbs onto the statue of Saint Pope John Paul II in Piazza dei Cinquecento and places a keffiyeh around his neck during the general strike called without warning by the CGIL, USB and Cobas unions at the demonstration against the genocide in Gaza and in support of the Global Sumud Flotilla. on October 3, 2025 in Rome, Italy. This week, Israeli forces seized several ships bound for Gaza as a flotilla of activists tried to breach Israel's blockade of the Palestinian territory. (Photo by Simona Granati - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)