Italy

Israeli woman cancels Naples hotel stay after receiving ‘no genocide’ message

The Italian guesthouse professed its support for a BDS-aligned campaign

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Screenshot of the message received by an Israeli woman after booking at the Decumani Hotel de Charme in Naples (Courtesy)

Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini giving a speech in January 1935 (Getty Images)

Italy

Italy advances law to compensate victims of Nazi-era art looting

By Etgar Lefkovits

1 min read

On the edge of the march celebrating Italy's liberation from fascism, a group with the banners of the Jewish Brigade or brigata ebraica and the Israeli flag. (Image: Getty)

By Emanuele Ottolenghi

Italy’s left-wing Nazis who call Jews ‘failed soap bars’

4 min read

Italian-Jewish food writer Silvia Nacamulli pictured in her kitchen (Picture: Barbara Toselli)

Purim

Friends, Romans, countrymen – feast on Italian-style ‘Haman’s ears’ this year for Purim

By Siam Goorwich

4 min read

Francesca Albanese

Francesca Albanese condemned in Italian parliament for ‘promoting antisemitism’ and ‘winking at Hamas’

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

The Italian Senate in Rome (Photo: Fratello Gracco via Wikimidia Commons)

Italy

Italian Senate panel backs draft bill to ban ‘antisemitic rallies’

By Canaan Lidor

2 min read

Earth's Dylan Carlson, front, and Adrienne Davis. (Photo: Takahiro Kyono via Wikimedia)

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Italian venue cancels American metal band’s performance after frontman asks to remove Palestinian flag

By Eliana Jordan

1 min read

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Fears over ‘Gaza genocide’ rapper set to perform at Winter Olympics opening ceremony

Musician Ghali will be on the stage with the eyes of the world on him – and the Israeli bobsleigh team in the audience

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

January 29, 2026 18:08

Italian rapper Ghali (Image: Getty Images)

Gaza charity leaders arrested in Italy over alleged Hamas fundraising

The suspects, as well as two others outside the country, are accused of using humanitarian foundations to funnel millions to the terror group

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

December 28, 2025 12:17

Italian police van outside the Stadio Friuli on October 14, 2025 in Udine (Getty Images)

Defacement of memorial for Jewish toddler terror victim ‘should shock the conscience of all Italians’

Two-year-old Michael Stefano Gaj Taché was murdered by Palestinian terrorists who attacked Rome’s Great Synagogue

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

December 2, 2025 11:36

Vandalised Michael Stefano Gaj Taché plaque at Rome's Beth Michael Synagogue (Image: Facebook/ European Jewish Congress)

By Benjamin Birely

How Italy became the dark heart of European Israel-hate

Anti-Zionism now permeates all levels of Italian society, says an American-Israeli academic living in Naples who has faced relentless prejudice

6 min read

November 20, 2025 16:09

Vile posters, a flag-draped statue and a Gaza protest in Naples (Images: Benjamin Birely)

The Italian spa town where the end of the line became a new beginning for Europe’s Jews

Plus, how South Tyrol could, according to a local guide, hold the secret to peace in Israel

By Jacob Jaffa

5 min read

November 3, 2025 17:21

Merano town centre, South Tyrol, Italy (Image: Jacob Jaffa)

Italian PM accuses Gaza flotilla of endangering peace deal

Giorgia Meloni claimed the participants in the attempt to break Israel’s naval blockade of the Strip were ‘instruments of those who want to blow up every possibility of a ceasefire’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

October 1, 2025 10:32

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaks at the 80th session of the UN General Assembly on September 24, 2025 in New York City (Image: Getty)

An Italian holiday, but Jewish: Tracing the footsteps of ancient Jews in Rome, Florence and Tuscany

From ruins to roses, arches to artichokes, Jane Prinsley discovers an Italy replete with Jewish stories

By Jane Prinsley

6 min read

September 15, 2025 17:37

An Italian holiday, but Jewish: Tracing the footsteps of ancient Jews in Rome, Florence and Tuscany

Rottweiler set upon Jewish tourists in Venice in ‘despicable act’

The couple tried to flee but were chased by the mob

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

September 12, 2025 14:10

The famous Rialto Bridge in Venice (Image: Getty)

Italian professor urges ‘unfriend your Jewish friends on Facebook, even the good ones’

Luca Nivarra is a law professor at the University of Palermo

By Canaan Lidor

1 min read

August 28, 2025 17:20

Luca Nivarra urged social media users to “unfriend” all Jews on Facebook to protest Israel’s actions in Gaza (Photo: YouTube)

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Italy

Israeli woman cancels Naples hotel stay after receiving ‘no genocide’ message

Italy advances law to compensate victims of Nazi-era art looting

Italy’s left-wing Nazis who call Jews ‘failed soap bars’

Friends, Romans, countrymen – feast on Italian-style ‘Haman’s ears’ this year for Purim

Francesca Albanese condemned in Italian parliament for ‘promoting antisemitism’ and ‘winking at Hamas’

Italian Senate panel backs draft bill to ban ‘antisemitic rallies’

Italian venue cancels American metal band’s performance after frontman asks to remove Palestinian flag

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