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Italy pulls anti-Jewish reporting questionnaire after outcry

7/26/2026

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Italy removed a questionnaire asking the public to report Israeli tourists and Jews after Coordinator for the Fight Against Antisemitism Gen. Pasquale Angelosanto intervened.
Walker Meghnagi, president of Mosaico, condemned the questionnaire as a return to 1930s hunting of Jews.
Dalia Gubbay, vice president of the Jewish Community of Milan, said hostile demonstrators drove participants from the Liberation Day march, while the Global Sumud Movement denied involvement with the questionnaire.

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Italy removed a questionnaire asking the public to report Israeli tourists and Jews after Coordinator for the Fight Against Antisemitism Gen. Pasquale Angelosanto intervened.
Walker Meghnagi, president of Mosaico, condemned the questionnaire as a return to 1930s hunting of Jews.
Dalia Gubbay, vice president of the Jewish Community of Milan, said hostile demonstrators drove participants from the Liberation Day march, while the Global Sumud Movement denied involvement with the questionnaire.