Several thousand people took to the streets in different parts of Italy, joining demonstrations in support of Palestinians despite a police ban on the events that come as the world marks Holocaust Remembrance Day. Hundreds of participants joined demonstrations in Rome and other cities on Saturday in rallies that were almost all peaceful, police said. Around 1,200 people took to the streets in Milan, where there were scuffles with the police. Some demonstrators chanted and carried posters accusing Israel of genocide. The demonstrations were banned at short notice by the municipal authorities in…