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Anti-Israel protesters wave Palestinian flags and hoist a sign reading 'give Israel the red card' against Israeli participation in sporting events, outside a basketball game between Virtus Bologna and Maccabi Tel Aviv in Bologna, Italy, November 21, 2025. (Screen capture: Il Fatto Quotidiano)
November 22, 2025, 10:04 am
Italian anti-Israel activists clash with cops outside Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball game
Protesters chant ‘Zionists out of Bologna,’ hurl stones and flares, as police respond with smoke bombs and water blasts before restoring calm
By ToI Staff
Anti-Israel demonstrators wave Palestinian flags as they gather at San Giovanni Square in Rome, Italy, on October 4, 2025, at the end of a march calling for an end to the war in Gaza. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
October 6, 2025, 11:53 pm
Italy bans anti-Israel October 7 demonstration in Bologna, citing risk of unrest
Organizers pledge to press on with rally, which was nixed following clashes at last week’s protests; Milan Jews to mark 2nd anniversary of Hamas massacre with low-profile memorial
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Students clash with police near the Politecnico University in Turin during a demonstration on December 13, 2024. (MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP)
January 12, 2025, 8:31 pm
Bologna Synagogue attacked in protests after Egyptian-Italian’s death in police chase
Demonstrators throw Molotov cocktails, fireworks at synagogue, spray ‘Justice free Gaza’ on wall near Ramy Elgaml’s name
By ToI Staff
Lana Bastašić meets readers at a literary event in Berlin, Germany, on September 14, 2023. (Elena Ternovaja/Wikimedia Commons)
February 1, 2024, 3:26 pm
Austrian literary festival drops Bosnian author who protested criticism of Oct. 7
Separately, a children’s book fair in Italy indicates it will ignore a petition to boycott Israel signed by top artists
By Canaan Lidor
Illustrative: A RyanAir Boeing 737 plane. (Courtesy)
June 16, 2023, 10:42 am
‘Landing in Palestine’: Uproar erupts on Ryanair flight to Tel Aviv
Despite complaints from passengers, stewardess repeatedly says final destination of flight is ‘occupied Palestine’; airline calls incident an ‘innocent mistake’
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Bologna Mayor Virginio Merola. (YouTube)
November 7, 2017, 11:35 pm
Medieval Jewish cemetery uncovered in Bologna, Italy
Over 400 graves excavated at site that was destroyed in 1569 under direct orders from Pope Pius V
By JTA
The Fountain of Neptune in Bologna, Italy. (CC BY, Wikimedia Commons)
January 3, 2017, 11:09 am
Facebook removes famous 16th century statue for nudity
After calling sculpture of Neptune in Bologna ‘sexually explicit,’ social media giant later reverses its decision
By ToI Staff
Bologna's Holocaust Memorial in Bologna, Italy. (YouTube screenshot)
May 31, 2016, 1:15 am
Holocaust monuments vandalized in Poland, Italy
‘Burn your banks’ scrawled in Bologna, broken stones and a neo-Nazi symbol mark second attack since last year in Raigrod
By JTA
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