Nearly one million workers across Italy staged a massive general strike, transforming city squares from Val d'Aosta to Sicily into seas of protest against their government's complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza. The action coincided with the World Federation of Trade Unions' call for a "Global Week of Action" in solidarity with Palestine as well as several Western governments officially recognizing the State of Palestine. In Rome, a crowd of 300,000 protesters occupied the city's main railway hub, Termini, before marching through the streets, waving Palestinian flags and chanting, "Freedom for Palestine."

*** Italy, Spain Send Warships to Protect Gaza Food Flotilla ***

The Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla is reporting that explosions, multiple drones, and chemical devices have targeted their boats near Greece. The group says it's the seventh attack on the flotilla. In response, Italy and Spain sent warships to protect the volunteers. The Global Sumud Flotilla will attempt to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Passengers include the Swedish samaritan Greta Thunberg and Nelson Mandela's grandson, the South African MP Mandla Mandela. A Global Sumud Flotilla volunteer reported: "And we have been attacked by eight drones, eight attacks so far. Seven of them has hit the boats. One of them, it was like a chemical substance. The other six were explosions above the boats. Some of them created structural damage on the boats. No one has been hurt so far."

Islamophobe ex-UK PM Tony Blair is salivating at the chance of running the Gaza Strip after the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians. Brits still haven't forgiven him for blundering them into the second Iraq War with false WMD allegations. The Chilcot Inquiry blasted the George 'Dubya" Bush lapdog.

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*** Canadian and US Unions Demand Arms Cutoff to Israel ***

Normal people worldwide are just plain sick and tired of Benjamin Netanyahu, AIPAC, and Israel's genocidal campaign against the Palestinians in Gaza so that they acquire massive real estate properties. Jared Kushner is eagerly awaiting the conclusion of the American taxpayer-funded IDF-administered pogrom.

Using the word 'Hamas' in discourse is simply a distraction. 'Hamas' is the perennial bete noire, the same scary meme that Islamophobic Republicans used after the 9/11 attacks (2,996 direct deaths) to agitate the American population to justify two costly vengeance "Forever Wars" against Afghanistan and Iraq, all while maintaining Iran isolated.

This ogre known as 'Hamas,' directly or indirectly, caused ~1,200 Israeli deaths on 7 Oct 2023. This resistance group seized 251 hostages in order to exchange them for any of the thousands of Palestinian prisoners being held in IDF military custody without charge or hearing.

But who is the real bete noire stalking the world?

There are many AI platforms, so here are but three analyses:

First AI Overview: In the past 25 years, the US and Israel combined have directly killed nearly one million Muslims; an estimated 3.6 - 3.8 million indirectly, bringing the total to at least 4.5 - 4.7 million Muslims. The IDF killed 5,848 Muslims before 2007; +65,000 from 7 Oct 2023 to today.

Second AI Overview: Conservative estimate of direct Muslims killed by the US and Israel combined: ~1,000,000 to 1,200,000; plausible indirect deaths ~1.5 million to 2.5 million.

Third AI Overview: Combined, the US and Israel killed an estimated 4.5 - 4.7 million Muslims directly or indirectly after 9/11. Over 940,000 people were killed by direct violence; more than 432,000 were civilians. Between 2000-2005, the IDF killed 3,179 - 3,354 Muslims; from 2008-2009, the IDF killed 1,116 - 1,417 Muslims; in 2014, the IDF killed 2,125 -2,310 Muslims; +65,000 Muslims between 2023 and 2025.

There is a reason why the USIC used the codeword "Geronimo" for Osama bin Laden.