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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 341

Italy

Italy's fans cheer their team during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Israel and Italy, at Bozsik Arena, in Budapest, Hungary, September 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
September 10, 2024, 12:42 pm
Italy fans turn backs on Israel’s national anthem during soccer match in Hungary
‘Ultra’ fans hang banner calling for ‘liberty’ in apparent protest over war in Gaza; Italian team complains over Israeli announcer who called for pro-Israel chants
By ToI Staff and AP
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaks during a final media conference at the G7 in Borgo Egnazia, near Bari in southern Italy, June 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File)
July 3, 2024, 7:00 pm
Italian PM condemns her far-right party’s youth wing for glorifying fascism
Giorgia Meloni says ‘no space for racist or antisemitic position’ in Brother of Italy after news investigation revealed young members praising Mussolini and yelling ‘Sieg Heil’
By AP
Illustrative: Members of National Youth, the youth wing of the Brothers of Italy party, hold a banner reading "Homeland" as they attend a joint rally of Italy's right-wing parties at Piazza del Popolo in Rome, September 22, 2022. (Andreas Solaro/AFP)
June 20, 2024, 12:28 am
Italian PM’s party shrugs off video of youth wing members performing fascist salutes
Far-right Brothers of Italy claims investigative media report into National Youth, which also featured shouts of ‘Seig Heil’ and ‘Duce,’ shows ‘fragmented, decontextualized images’
By AFP
Activists protest against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) outside its offices in Jerusalem, March 27, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 25, 2024, 2:03 pm
Italy to resume funding UNRWA, pledges $38 million aid package for Palestinians
Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani says Rome will implement ‘rigorous checks’ to ensure ‘not one cent ends up supporting terrorism’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Rome's Mayor Roberto Gualtieri (C) and Roberto Salis (3rdL) father of Italian activist detained in Hungary, Ilaria, take part in a rally organized by the National Association of Italian Partisans (Anpi) to mark the 79th anniversary of Liberation Day, in Rome on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)
April 25, 2024, 11:16 pm
Italy’s Liberation Day celebrations marred by controversy surrounding fascism
State-run media spikes anti-fascist speech by author who criticized right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and denounced lingering authoritarian ideologies
By Nicole Winfeld
A screen shows photos of the victims of the massacre of the Ardeatine Caves during a commemorative ceremony for its 80th anniversary, in Rome, March 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
March 24, 2024, 10:33 pm
Italy marks 80 years since Nazi massacre in Rome with memorial concert
Symphony written in 1968 by Jewish composer William Schuman in honor of 335 killed at Ardeatine Caves makes Italian debut at ceremony
By LUIGI NAVARRO and SILVIA STELLACCI
Students protest against the Italian government in Turin, northwestern Italy, on March 22, 2024. (Marco Bertorello/AFP)
March 22, 2024, 9:25 pm
Italy’s University of Turin to exit Israel research pact amid Gaza protests
School’s academic senate votes to ban participation in initiative, while rejecting calls for a broader cessation of ties with Israeli universities
By Shira Li Bartov
Illustrative: Italian police officers stand guard at Porta Garibaldi train station, in Milan, Italy, September 2, 2021. (Luca Bruno/AP)
March 11, 2024, 3:22 pm
Italy mulls Israel’s extradition request for arrested Palestinian terror suspect
Man is one of three nabbed and suspected of setting up cell linked to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, terror group tied to Abbas’s Fatah party
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Hofbrauhaus in Munich, Germany, November 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano)
March 5, 2024, 7:59 pm
Italian soccer fan held for Nazi salute at beer hall where Hitler founded Nazi party
Munich police arrest and fine Lazio team supporter as large group of fans, in the city for a European competition, sing the praises of Italy’s fascists
By AP
Italian police officers beat high school protesters who were holding a rally calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, in the city of Pisa, February 22, 2024. (Screenshot/Twitter, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 24, 2024, 5:21 am
Police beatings of pro-Palestinian high school students spark outrage in Italy
Videos show pupils retreating under hail of blows from officers in helmets and full riot gear; opposition calls for interior minister in Meloni cabinet to address parliament
By Reuters
This picture taken from a publicly distributed police video shows some of the items recovered in the homes of 24 people investigated for apology of Fascism in Ferrara, northern Italy, February 14, 2024. (Italian Police via AP)
February 15, 2024, 1:04 pm
Hailing Hitler, mocking Anne Frank: Italy probes 24 over racist event in Jewish area
Investigator says suspects being investigated for promoting fascism; they threatened to kill other diners, refused to stop even after police arrived, insulted Black Italian athlete
By AP and 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
File: Ma'ale Adumim Mayor Benny Kashriel at a protest tent outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, February 4, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 28, 2023, 9:49 am
Italy signals unease with Israel’s pick of settler leader as next ambassador
Rome has sent informal messages to Jerusalem over tapping of Benny Kashriel, a longtime mayor of Ma’ale Adumim settlement and a former Yesha Council chief
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Illustrative: The Rome skyline. (Wikipedia/Bert Kaufmann/CC BY-SA 2.0)
November 10, 2023, 5:48 am
Antisemitic graffiti spray-painted in Rome’s Jewish Quarter on Kristallnacht
City says it is removing graffiti, which included a Star of David, equal sign and swastika: ‘Events like this cause dismay, enormous concern’
By Agencies
A screen capture of social media video shows the scene of a deadly bus crash in the Venetian suburb of Mestre, Italy, October 3, 2023. (X screenshot. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 3, 2023, 11:41 pm
At least 21 killed in ‘apocalyptic’ bus crash near Venice
Local official says 15 people aboard vehicle survive after it falls from an elevated street in suburb of Mestre, catches fire
By AP
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