PARIS – Under the easy-to-grasp slogan "We'll block everything," Italy has reached the boiling point in recent weeks. As a sign of solidarity with the European flotilla to the Gaza Strip, hundreds of thousands of Italians – according to organizers, it was two million – went out into the streets, plazas and train stations and brought the country to a halt with a general strike.

The Protest Was Part of a National Strike by More Than Two Million People, Ahead of the Israel-Italy World Cup Qualifier Set to Be Played in Udine Later This Month

PARIS – Under the easy-to-grasp slogan "We'll block everything," Italy has reached the boiling point in recent weeks. As a sign of solidarity with the European flotilla to the…