With the curtain about to go up on the 82nd Venice Film Festival, a press conference was held this morning in front of the event’s main venue to promote a march that will take place on the Lido this Saturday denouncing Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.

In the foreground of the Sala Grande, a dozen or so supporters waving Palestinian flags chanted, “Free, free Palestine ” and “Stop, stop genocide” before a spokeswoman, Martina Vergnano, addressed members of the media.

The worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip is set to take center stage at the festival.

Hundreds of local political and grassroots organizations have said they would join the “Stop the Genocide in Palestine” protest, which is taking place on the sidelines of the Mostra and is not p

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