A-Infos (en) Italy, FAI, Umanita Nova #1-26 - Palestine: When Solidarity Is Scary. Delrio Bill and Zionist Gags (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

In the final weeks of 2025, we witnessed an exponential growth in the 
repressive spiral against the Palestinian solidarity movement, a 
movement that in the previous months had given rise to massive street 
demonstrations and successful general strikes against the Palestinian 
genocide. The state avoided immediate repressive action against unrest 
that clearly attracted public sympathy and waited until Trump's false 
truce had waned public attention before unleashing its furious reaction. 
They want to outlaw solidarity with Palestine.

First, the expulsion order against Turin imam Mohamed Shahin, then the 
violent eviction of the Askatasuna social center (with the complicity of 
the Democratic Party mayor) and the indiscriminate arrests, including of 
minors who had participated in protests, then the sanctions imposed by 
the "Guarantee" Commission on the grassroots unions that had called for 
a general strike on October 3, 2025, and finally the "anti-terrorism" 
operation that led to the arrest of Mohamed Hannoun and other members of 
the Palestinian community in Italy, based on information directly from 
the Israeli police.

The use of Mossad leaks is a proven strategy to arrest and bring to 
trial Anan, Mansour, and Ali, three militants accused of carrying out 
acts of resistance against the Israeli occupation. In all these cases, 
Italian investigators considered credible information from a state under 
trial for genocide and that even prosecutes UN-run refugee relief 
organizations as "terrorist."

In previous articles on the UN (Nos. 28 and 29/2025), we denounced the 
presence in Parliament of three bills (Romeo, Scalfarotto, and Gasparri) 
aimed at criminalizing solidarity with Palestine under the pretext of 
combating "anti-Semitism." A fourth bill was introduced at the end of 
November by former Minister Graziano Delrio and 10 other Democratic 
Party senators, including veteran politician Pier Ferdinando Casini, 
former Minister Beatrice Lorenzin, and Senator Tatjana Rojc, the latter 
theoretically representing the Slovenian minority but who had previously 
championed the law establishing Alpine Day, commemorating the Battle of 
Nikolaevka (i.e., the Nazi-Fascist aggression against the USSR).

Despite protests from Schlein and his associates, Delrio refused to 
withdraw the bill, and so the Democratic Party is preparing its own 
"more protective" bill (alas!). The situation appears extremely serious, 
given that there is now a concerted attack by all supporters of Israel's 
genocidal policies to introduce repressive laws in Italy similar to 
those already in force in Germany and the United Kingdom.

The Delrio Bill differs from previous ones because it is a "delegated 
law" proposal, meaning it empowers the government (Meloni) to issue a 
series of implementing decrees within six months of the law's entry into 
force. These decrees, based on the operational definition of 
antisemitism approved by the International Holocaust Remembrance 
Alliance (IHRA), include (Article 2) a crackdown on social media, 
including the removal of "antisemitic" content. "Antisemitic" content 
would be assigned a special code to be flagged by other users, and users 
who consistently post such content would be banned from the platform for 
six months. Users (including those in associations and "in collaboration 
with representative bodies of Jewish communities") will be able to 
independently flag "antisemitic" content. Platforms that fail to apply 
the filter to such content would face sanctions.

Article 3 of the Delrio Bill would effectively force universities to 
collaborate with Israeli institutions and universities under the pretext 
of protecting freedom of research. Article 4 requires each university to 
identify within it "a body responsible for verifying and monitoring 
actions to combat anti-Semitic phenomena, in line with the university's 
own code of ethics and in compliance with the provisions of the National 
Strategy for the Fight against Anti-Semitism." This gag rule is already 
in force in Germany.

Article 5 requires schools to report "annually, through the information 
systems of the Ministry of Education and Merit, data on actions 
implemented to combat anti-Semitic phenomena."

As we have seen in previous articles, the problem arises from the fact 
that the IHRA "operational definition" effectively equates anti-Semitism 
with anti-Zionism. The "indicators" include examples of anti-Semitism:

"Denying Jews the right to self-determination, for example by claiming 
that the existence of the State of Israel is an expression of racism." 
Or: "Making comparisons between contemporary Israeli policies and those 
of the Nazis."

It would therefore be impossible by law to denounce the apartheid on 
which the State of Israel is based and the genocidal policy (objectively 
Nazi-like) it is pursuing against the Palestinians. Under the pretext of 
fighting "anti-Semitism," we are witnessing a convergence (only 
apparently paradoxical) between the Israeli government and the worst 
Western right-wing movements (the latter truly anti-Semitic!), the real 
glue of which is a different form of racism: Islamophobia, that is, the 
repulsion toward Arabs (especially Muslims), which is very strong in 
Europe. This one-sided racism is also fueled by many "progressive" 
governments, with anti-immigrant agendas and to align with US policies.

As anarchists, we are fiercely opposed to any form of racism and 
discrimination against anyone, and we see our analysis confirmed once 
again that every religion (Christianity, Judaism, Islam, etc.) and every 
state are an instrument of hatred, division, and oppression. As 2026 
begins, we must intensify our mobilizations against this infamous 
legislation that is being prepared. To defend freedom of thought, 
speech, organization, and demonstration!

Mauro De Agostini

https://umanitanova.org/palestina-quando-la-solidarieta-fa-paura-ddl-delrio-e-bavagli-sionisti/
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