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Italy

Italian Chamber of Deputies approves fund for secondary school trips to concentration camps

The aim is to promote and implement “initiatives that support the historical knowledge and civic awareness of new generations, so that they can understand the suffering inflicted on the Jewish people and the deportees in the Nazi camps during the Shoah."

Italian Council of Ministers update National Strategy for the Fight against Antisemitism with more emphasis on training and education

The strategy focuses on five key areas: research and analysis, training, memory, security, and web monitoring.

Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea recorded 877 antisemitic incidents in Italy in 2024

The number of cases is almost double that of 2023, marking an unprecedented increase. Hate is manifesting more frequently both online and offline, with 277 incidents occurring in the real world.

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani: ‘We don’t want to work with UNRWA and we condemn the use of UNRWA offices as a prison for...

The mother of freed hostage Emily Damari said that her daughter had been held at UNRWA facilities in Gaza.

Man arrested for alleged antisemitic assault against a minor in Rome

Police in Italy arrested a 33-year-old Egyptian man suspected of assaulting a Jewish boy on the street in Rome after ordering him to take off his kippah.

Man arrested for ISIS plot targeting Naples Jewish community

In addition to the arrest for “international terrorism of Islamist origin,” the suspect is being charged with “subversion of the democratic order.”

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