October 16, 2024
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The US DOT sanctioned Hamas fundraiser Mohammed Hannoun. Is Italy going to intervene?

by Giovanni Giacalone On October 7th, 2024, exactly one year after the massacre perpetrated by Hamas against Israelis in the south of the country, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated three individuals and one sham charity that are prominent international financial supporters of Hamas, as well as one […]

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Hizbullah and Hamas Supporters in Italy on the March: Who is Protecting Their Operations?

  by Giovanni Giacalone     On Saturday, September 28th, 2024, scenes worthy of Nazi Germany were seen in Milan, during a “pro-Palestinian” demonstration organized by the far-left group “Committee for the Support of Communist Resistance (CARC)” and the Arab-Palestinian Democratic Union. During the street march, cardboard signs with the faces of several people including […]

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Transgenerational Trauma: Shoah and Antisemitism

by Elisa Garfagna The concept of transgenerational trauma refers to the transmission of the psychological and social effects of traumatic experiences from one generation to the next. This phenomenon is particularly relevant in the context of the Shoah,i perpetrated by the Nazis during World War II, and anti-Semitism, which continues to manifest itself in various […]

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The event of the “Young Palestinians of Italy” to celebrate the pogrom of October 7th is the result of the Italian Interior Minister’s inaction

by Giovanni Giacalone On September 3rd, 2024, the “Young Palestinians in Italy” association (Giovani Palestinesi) published a post on its Instagram account announcing a demonstration in Rome, on October 5th, 2024, to celebrate the October 7th massacre. The post says: “October 7, 2023 is the date of a revolution. After a year, the value of […]

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The proscription list against Jews in Italy is the result of the non-action policy by the Ministry of Interior

by Giovanni Giacalone The situation for Jews and Israelis in Italy is becoming increasingly worrying, to the point that surveillance has further been strengthened on targets considered sensitive. A situation that, however, seems to be the result of a lack of proper intervention on behalf of the Italian authorities, primarily of the Ministry of Interior […]

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Echoes of the Arab Spring in Bangladesh PM Ouster

by John Rossomando Echoes of the Arab Spring surround the ouster of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Washington supported Islamist parties and accused the sitting governments of suppressing the will of the people in both instances. As in the Arab Spring, many the leading organizations that opposed her rule were funded by the National […]

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ABSURD! The case of Bologna’s Pakistani preacher, Zulfiqar Khan, is becoming increasingly serious.

by Giovanni Giacalone Not only the attacks on Jews, Israel, the United States, homosexuals, King Hussein of Jordan, MPs and unaligned Italian journalists, but also against a former Muslim Italian/Egyptian intellectual and MEP who converted to Christianity and who is under police protection. Why are the Italian authorities procrastinating a much-needed intervention? Khan’s events timeline […]

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The imam of Bologna’s antisemite statements became an issue for the Italian government, but no action has been taken yet. Why?

By Giovanni Giacalone The case involving Zulfiqar Khan, the Pakistani Islamist preacher who, for months, has been using the pulpit of his Bologna-based Islamic center to spread hateful language against the Jews, the Israelites (a term sometimes used by extremists to avoid antisemitic accusations), the United States, Israel, and King Abdullah of Jordan, as well […]

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Major embarrassment: Bologna’s Pakistani imam hails Hamas from the pulpit and accuses President Biden of pedophilia. What are the Italian authorities waiting for to take action?

by Giovanni Giacalone On May 26th, 2024, the Pakistani Tablighi preacher of the Bologna-based Iqraa Islamic Center made a public statement, during a sermon, glorifying Hamas: “This little warrior, a group of people called Hamas. They made it clear to the world that these are cowards (Israel, Zionists), they can’t do anything against men, they […]

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HUGIN (und Munin): the alarming anti-semitism promoted by Iran-Saudi Old Guard (salafism) in Portugal

by João Emanuel Lemos Esteves The rampant anti-semitism in Portuguese society is growing stronger by the day – this trend has been especially significant since socialist-communist António Costa took over the Portuguese government in a broad coalition with far-left parties (namely, the Portuguese communist party). But António Costa is not only a socialist-communist politician – […]

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