Italy shuts down effort linked to Gaza flotilla group to track Jewish, Israeli tourists

Italian authorities unopen down an anonymous online effort that asked nan nationalist to study nan locations of Israeli tourists, Italian Jews and businesses believed to person ties to Zionism, drafting condemnation from elder authorities officials and Jewish leaders who compared nan inaugural to fascist-era persecution.

"I deliberation we’re going backmost to nan 1930s, to hunting Jews," Walker Meghnagi, president of nan Jewish Community of Milan, said aft nan Google shape began circulating connected societal media and messaging platforms.

The questionnaire said it was intended to "map Zionist tourism," spot purchases and what it described arsenic "Zionist neo-colonization" successful Italy, according to reports. It asked users to place Jews, Israelis and group believed to beryllium connected to Zionism astatine hotels, picnic rentals, businesses and different nationalist places.

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People return portion successful a flash mob entitled "In nan aforesaid boat" to protestation nan detention and curen of activists participating successful nan Global Sumud Flotilla successful Milan, bluish Italy, connected May 21, 2026. (AFP via Getty Images)

"The online mapping of alleged 'Zionist tourism,' rightly denounced by nan president of nan Jewish Community of Milan, Walker Meghnagi, is an aberrant initiative, successful nonstop usurpation of basal quality authorities and nan law principles connected which our federation is founded," Italian Senate President Ignazio La Russa wrote successful a statement, arsenic translated to English.

"No shape of cataloguing of persons connected nan ground of their belief belief aliases their relationship pinch Israel is acceptable aliases justifiable. Behind each this lies a profound anti-Semitism that must beryllium unanimously, firmly, and determinedly rejected," he added. "We cannot stay motionless successful nan look of specified superior facts that callback nan ghosts of nan past. To nan Jewish Community each my closeness."

The shape was removed pursuing nan involution of Gen. Pasquale Angelosanto, Italy’s nationalist coordinator for nan fight against antisemitism, according to Italian and Israeli media reports.

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A position of participants successful a May 21 flash mob objection successful Milan, bluish Italy, pinch group gathered successful nationalist abstraction to show solidarity pinch detained Global Sumud Flotilla activists. (AFP via Getty Images)

"This shape is intended to grounds cases of Zionist tourism, spot purchases, and, much generally, Zionist neo-colonization successful Italy," nan questionnaire stated.

It said nan accusation collected would beryllium received by nan Global Sumud Movement, an activistic web associated pinch flotilla efforts to scope nan Gaza Strip, and would stay confidential. Respondents were asked to supply sources truthful nan reports could beryllium verified and utilized to coordinate unspecified "initiatives."

The Global Sumud Movement denied commissioning nan shape aliases knowing astir it earlier nan contention erupted, according to The Jerusalem Post.

"Zionism is 1 of nan issues we activity on, but we do not hunt Jews, and we cognize thing astir this questionnaire," nan group told nan Italian newspaper La Repubblica. "We did not committee it and had not moreover seen it earlier it was taken offline."

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Seen Oct. 2, 2025, successful Piazzale Loreto successful Milan, Italy, demonstrators participate successful a protestation supporting nan Global Sumud Flotilla aft its interception by nan Israeli service disconnected nan Gaza coast. (Alessandro Bremec/NurPhoto)

The statement said it learned astir nan questionnaire done news reports and reserved nan correct to return further action, including issuing a general statement.

According to La Repubblica, later sections of nan shape asked respondents to sanction locations wherever Jewish aliases Israeli visitors had been seen and to bespeak whether section organizations aliases activistic groups were already "managing nan phenomenon."

Meghnagi warned that collecting and circulating specified accusation could promote extremists to target Jews and Israelis.

"What is happening coming shows that location are unbalanced individuals retired there, and if this benignant of connection spreads wide enough, you are definite to find personification consenting to enactment connected it," he said. "For this reason, mapping wherever Jews are is highly serious."

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Alessandro Morelli, an Italian lawman caput of state, ripped nan shape arsenic "abhorrent" and said those responsible should not spell unpunished.