Fiamma Nirenstein

May 11, 2016, 12:41 am

Netanyahu’s controversial pick for Italy envoy withdraws her candidacy

Fiamma Nirenstein cites ‘personal reasons’ for pulling out as Israeli ambassador-designate to Rome

By Raoul Wootliff and Raphael Ahren

Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) debates Hillary Clinton during the CNN Democratic Presidential Primary Debate at the Duggal Greenhouse in the Brooklyn Navy Yard on April 14, 2016 in New York City. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP)

April 17, 2016, 12:48 pm

A weekend of Bernie

Sanders’s reproach of Israel and Netanyahu draws ire, while a teen’s ‘mystery’ murder in Afula gets gagged

By Ilan Ben Zion

April 5, 2016, 1:58 pm

Controversial pick for envoy to Italy finally starts vetting process

More than 7 months after Netanyahu’ nominated her for Rome post, Fiamma Nirenstein to appear before Civil Service Commission

By Raphael Ahren

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to Channel 2 as Zionist Union head Isaac Herzog sits in the studio, March 14, 2015 (Channel 2 News)

January 26, 2016, 8:27 am

TOI talks: Buji does the Bibi and Blatt gets the boot

On this week’s episode, a fight for the right over Hebron houses; a war of words between Washington and Jerusalem; stalled ambassadors going nowhere; and Israeli basketball’s favorite son falls victim to LeBron’s cavalier attitude

By Raoul Wootliff

January 21, 2016, 4:26 pm

5 months on, PM’s pick for ambassador to Italy still unconfirmed

Dani Dayan is not Israel’s only envoy-on-hold: Fiamma Nirenstein has not even cleared the very first hurdle on the road to Rome

By Raphael Ahren

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Jerusalem. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

August 20, 2015, 11:19 am

Foreign Ministry labor dispute trips new ambassadors

Workers union instructs employees not to handle paperwork, and thus to delay envoy appointments to UN, Italy, Brazil, UK

By Stuart Winer

August 13, 2015, 7:28 pm

Israel’s new Rome envoy raises concerns among Italian Jews

After PM announces ex-Italian MP Fiamma Nirenstein to take up role, some community members fear accusations of ‘dual loyalty’

By TOI staff

August 10, 2015, 10:52 pm

Ex-Italian lawmaker appointed Israel’s envoy to Rome

In bid to strengthen ties with Italy, Netanyahu announces author and journalist Fiamma Nirenstein to be ambassador

By TOI staff

May 26, 2013, 7:17 pm

Former Italian lawmaker departs on aliyah

‘if you believe in something, you must also do it,’ says Fiamma Nirenstein

February 13, 2013, 6:48 am

Italian Jews fight over Jewish candidate for parliament

Sharon Nizza, an Italian Israeli, is at the heart of a community dispute due to her support for Berlusconi

January 28, 2013, 10:54 pm

Israeli runs for Italian parliament

Sharon Nizza, a candidate for Silvio Berlusconi’s party, disagrees with her boss’s defense of Mussolini

By Philip Podolsky

January 18, 2013, 1:31 am

Italian politician planning to make aliyah

Fiamma Nirenstein says she will not run for re-election next month and will resume work as a journalist covering Israel

July 26, 2012, 5:50 am

Italian parliament holds a minute of silence for Munich victims

Chamber of Deputies ‘has been in the forefront of the battle for the remembrance of the victims of terror’

By TOI staff

A member of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September, which killed 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team, during the 1972 Munich Olympics. (AP/Kurt Strumpf)

July 15, 2012, 5:06 pm

Italy joins push for moment of silence to remember Israelis slain at Munich Games

140 parliamentarians appeal to president of Olympic Committee, call for ‘firm condemnation of terrorism’

May 16, 2012, 10:13 am

Rome judge slammed for fining journalist who satirized anti-Semitic cartoon

Caricature of politician Fiamma Nirenstein was published in 2008 in the left-wing newspaper Il Manifesto