An Israeli community established by expatriates in a remote northern Italian village has received death threats, including a rifle bullet, telling them to leave or face being shot. The story was reported by Haaretz and has attracted hundreds of responses, mainly supportive of the initiative.
The Zioneer reported earlier this morning on a threat directed at an Italian commune hosting an Israeli community. Now, additional details from a subscribed channel shed more light: a group of Israeli expatriates established a settlement in a remote, previously abandoned village in northern Italy, with dozens of families reportedly settling there. Haaretz, described as an anti-Israel daily by the source, ran a series of articles praising the initiative as 'the wonderful life, the Alps, the new Israel.' The channel reports that the community has since received death threats, including a rifle bullet, with a message reading in part: 'Get out of here, this is a last warning before we start firing.' It remains unclear whether local Italian law enforcement has opened a formal investigation. The threat has not been independently verified by The Zioneer.
2 developments
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