HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, MANY OF THEM HOLDING LEBANESE FLAGS, MARCHED MONDAY NIGHT IN ROME TO PROTEST THE ESCALATION OF FIGHTING IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AP REPORTED. SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET, THE MARCHERS SET OUT FROM NEAR PIAZZA VENEZIA AND LIT CANDLES AS THEY HEADED TOWARD THE COLOSSEUM. ITALIAN COMMUNIST PARTIES, PACIFIST GROUPS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATED IN THE MARCH. «IT IS A COMPLICATED SITUATION,» SAID OTELLO COCCIA, A 21-YEAR-OLD UNIVERSITY STUDENT IN THE MARCH. «I THINK THE SOLUTION WOULD BE TO HELP THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AND FAVOR COEXISTENCE BETWEEN THE ISRAELI PEOPLE AND PALESTINIANS.»
