The U.S. Consulate on Lungarno Vespucci, Florence, remained underneath heavy police guard yesterday, Wednesday, September 24, 2025, as Palestinian flags continued to wave exterior throughout a student-led protest. The demonstration was sparked by the drone strikes towards the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Crete and shortly became a sit-in.
The protest started within the morning with college students from the Machiavelli-Capponi highschool and the Porta Romana artwork institute. By noon, academics, native residents, members of the ex Gkn collective and representatives of S.I. Cobas had joined the sit-in. Traffic slowed alongside the riverbank as passersby stopped to take images and take heed to chants and drumming improvised with bottles and packing containers.
Tension rose when police stopped a younger demonstrator who tried to push by way of the boundaries. He was launched shortly earlier than midday after signing a report at police headquarters, returning to the gang amid applause.
As the hours glided by, the protest grew in dimension and visibility. Students introduced their intention to proceed placing in solidarity with the flotilla and in opposition to the United States, Israel and the Italian authorities.
Police remained stationed in entrance of the consulate all through the day, whereas on the other facet a bunch of very younger demonstrators unfold banners, sang slogans and saved the sit-in alive. For sooner or later, Florence witnessed its riverbank became a stage the place lots of of voices confronted the boundaries of the American diplomatic mission.
On the identical day in Pisa, a big pro-Palestinian march wound its method by way of town middle earlier than reaching Piazza dei Miracoli after which the close by San Rossore station. Hundreds of demonstrators occupied the tracks on platforms 2 and three, forcing the fast suspension of practice companies on the Pisa–Lucca line.
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