Udine, Italy
Reuters
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Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched Tuesday in the northern Italian city of Udine before Italy’s World Cup soccer qualifier against Israel, concluding their mostly peaceful protest with clashes involving police.
The march, attended by over 5,000 participants according to preliminary police estimates, wound its way through the city center from late afternoon, before the match at the Friuli Stadium, which Italy won 3-0, kicked off at 20:45 (2:45 p.m. ET).
Organizers, Committee for Palestine-Udine, called on soccer’s global governing body, FIFA, to ban Israel from all competitions, saying the team supported “occupation…
