Israel-Italy relations

Illustrative: Tourists enjoy slices of pizza as they sit in front of Rome's Colosseum, July 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

April 28, 2019, 9:00 am

Israeli woman apologizes for scrawling on Rome’s Colosseum

‘It was innocent,’ says Olga Segal of her attempt to etch her dance troupe’s name on a column that ‘had names of people from all over the world scrawled on it’

By TOI staff

April 26, 2019, 11:34 pm

Colleague of Israeli nabbed defacing Colosseum: No signs saying it’s forbidden

The woman was reportedly chaperoning a dance troupe; witness says she only used chalk stones to write initials on pillar, ‘and every one does it’

By TOI staff

A view of the Colosseum, lit ahead of Pope Francis arrival for the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) torchlight procession on Good Friday April 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

April 26, 2019, 6:17 pm

Israeli woman arrested for carving initials into a pillar at Rome Colosseum

The tourist, 39, will face vandalism charges after starting to scratch her family’s initials into a column of the ancient arena

By TOI staff

US and Israel-based Roboteam will supply the Italian Carabinieri with 40 Transportable Interoperatble Ground Robot (TIGR) systems (Courtesy)

March 6, 2019, 6:23 pm

Israel-US firm Roboteam to sell military robots to Italy

Systems to be used by Italian police to handle suspicious packages, hazardous materials and gather intelligence; deal valued at $10 million

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative photo of an Israeli Air Force Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopter, June 8, 2012. (Ofer Zidon/Flash90)

February 14, 2019, 3:08 pm

Israel inks multi-million-dollar deal with Italy for training helicopters

Defense Ministry says reciprocal procurement agreement will see Rome buy equivalent value in Israeli military technology

By TOI staff

Masked gunmen from the Izz a-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas terror group, march with their weapons during a large-scale drill across the Gaza Strip, March 25, 2018. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

January 16, 2019, 8:57 am

Hamas absolves 3 Italians falsely suspected of being Israeli undercover unit

After chase to UNSCO offices in Gaza, terror chief Ismail Haniyeh confirms the men’s identities with Italian embassy in Israel

By Stuart Winer

Italian Deputy PM Matteo Salvini, left, and PM Netanyahu in Jerusalem, December 12, 2018 (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)

December 12, 2018, 1:29 pm

Hosting Italy’s deputy PM, Netanyahu urges stronger action against Hezbollah

Salvini doubles down on dubbing Lebanese group ‘terrorists,’ despite having been criticized at home for use of the term

By Raphael Ahren

Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini during a visit on the Israeli-Lebanese border, where he was shown a Hezbollah attack tunnel, December 11, 2018 (Twitter)

December 11, 2018, 11:24 pm

Far-right Italian minister slams EU for ‘unbalanced’ stance on Israel

‘Whoever wants peace, needs to support Israel,’ Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini says in Jerusalem; stops short of endorsing two-state solution or embassy move

By Raphael Ahren

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini rides in an Israeli military helicopter after landing in the country, December 11, 2018 (Twitter)

December 11, 2018, 11:43 am

Italy’s controversial far-right deputy PM arrives in Israel

Matteo Salvini, known for hardline anti-immigration policies, to meet Netanyahu and visit Yad Vashem, prompting protest

By Raphael Ahren

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, center, attends a local election rally in Cinisello Balsamo, near Milan, Italy, June 17, 2018 (Matteo Bazzi/ANSA via AP)

November 30, 2018, 11:36 pm

Italy’s far-right deputy PM said set to visit Israel in December

News of trip by anti-immigration minister Matteo Salvini comes days after President Rivlin and leading European rabbi warn against cozying up to populist movements

By TOI staff

A view of the island of Capri, Italy. (Flickr/Greger Ravik/CC BY)

October 11, 2018, 6:59 pm

Israeli man, 60, goes missing at sea off Italian island

Foreign Ministry says tourist got off a boat on Wednesday evening at Capri, off the coast of Naples, and disappeared

By TOI staff

The Italian Ambassador to Israel, Gianluigi Benedetti, presents the Gold Medal for Military Valor to the IDF's 7th Armored Brigade on October 3, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

October 3, 2018, 6:21 pm

73 years on, Italy awards Jewish Brigade medal of valor for fighting Nazis

For an Israeli-Italian captain in the IDF, the honor links family history to army service; Jewish Brigade vet says it’s ‘better late than never’

By Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative: The site where a mortar shell from Gaza hit a kindergarten in southern Israel on May 29, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

May 29, 2018, 8:00 pm

International sympathy rains down as Israeli diplomats go on offensive

US calls rocket and mortar fire ‘reprehensible,’ Italy tweets solidarity, and Ireland blames Hamas, in flurry of condemnation of attacks from Gaza

By Raphael Ahren

Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi is cheered by followers prior to a meeting with European People’s Party President Manfred Weber, in Rome, February 21, 2018. (Ettore Ferrari/ANSA via AP)

February 25, 2018, 10:07 am

Despite scandal-ridden past, Berlusconi climbing back onto Italian throne

Sex scandals, serial gaffes and legal woes haven’t kept flamboyant tycoon and his center-right Forza Italia from leading race ahead of March 4 vote

By Ljubomir Milasin and Lucy Adler

Italian ambassador in Cyprus Andrea Cvallari, right, Israel's Energy minister Yuval Steinitz, second right, Greece's Energy minister Giorgos Stathakis, second left, and Cyprus' energy minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis, left, shake hands after their talks in Nicosia, Cyprus, December 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

December 5, 2017, 5:44 pm

Israel expects gas to flow from east Mediterranean to Europe

Energy minister says $7.36 billion underwater pipeline could help secure continent’s energy future as Israel, Cyprus, Greece, and Italy sign deal

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS