This inflation of anti-Zionism and antisemitism is just like the inflation of Judaism and Zionism. This is very wrong and it is difficult to understand how Italian authorities buy into concerted hasbara. Most of us have observed that the Zionists (I hesitate to cal them Zionist Jews because they violate every tenet of Judaism) always lie. And in fact, there very existence since 1948 is based on lies.
Thank you for this. I am looking forward to the rest of your series. I followed the situation in Naples closely as it co-occurred with multiple examples of similarly nasty and entitled Zionist behavior in Thailand followed by local resistance to that nastiness and entitlement. The context you add here— the likelihood these “tourists” were on an incident-creation mission— is critical. Also, the support the restaurant owner has received in the time since the initial negative feedback was exposed as baseless is heartwarming. BDS certainly CAN and WILL be practiced at an individual level. Supporters of a supremacist state that abuses Palestinians will find themselves increasingly uncomfortable abroad and their ill-gotten money for travel unwelcome. At the same time, businesses that stand up for Palestinian liberation will be rewarded.
The possibility of them being walking hasbara trolls in service of the government seems very likely, given the extent the genocidal colony goes to on the hasbara front, spending over 150 million on a current crusade to sell Zionism since October 7. That, and because it seems quite suspicious that they attacked the activists the week prior and then went into a shop with Palestinian posters. Mrs Moses' claim she did not see them seems like a lie.
It is heartwarming in these dark times to see the support towards antizionist business owners. The next one should be out in a couple of days. I have also been seeing in reports a lot of activity against Zionists in every day life and that is good, people are sick of watching as Israel continues to maintain impunity as it is commits to its Holocaust and starving millions of Holocaust survivors in front of our eyes.
"Supporters of a supremacist state that abuses Palestinians will find themselves increasingly uncomfortable abroad and their ill-gotten money for travel unwelcome. At the same time, businesses that stand up for Palestinian liberation will be rewarded."
Absolutely, I agree wholeheartedly. The future is anti-Zionist.
Thanks for this great reporting. It's so spineless how the Italian authorities grovelled to the Zionist couple, and so nice to see the support the activists gave Mrs Monda. What a star woman she is. I listen to Spanish news on the radio briefly every morning. They have begun to talk more about the Jewish concentration camps and on TV they show Schindler's list every 2 or 3 weeks, to mould public support in favour of Israel. It makes me sick. Free Palestine.
Yes, Mrs Monda is excellent and so are the many more who are taking it upon themselves to boycott settlers.
That’s wild in Spain given the opposition to Zionism and Israel, including from the government. Yesterday in Parliament Pedro Sánchez called Israel a genocidal state and said the country will not trade with it.
Spanish mainstream news may cater to zionist narrative, but Israelis are widely loathed by Spanish people. In a coastal town not far from where I live, the owner of a tourist flat cancelled reservation when she discovered guests were Israelis. When they showed up at front door to complain, she poured toilet water on them from balcony. Not long ago, standing in queue at market, I overheard conversation of two typical "abuelos" about young Israeli tourists: "Sometimes I feel like running them over...I mean, how many children could I save if I ran over the bastards?" "Yeah, I know. It would be worth spending a few years in jail." Trust me, Israelis are deeply disliked here
To my knowledge no reports in MSM but that doesn't surprise me. The cancelled reservation episode I know from family who live in the building where it happened. Government is concerned that Spanish hostility towards Israelis will hurt tourism and create blowback. To be clear: dumping toilet water on people or fantasising aloud in public about murdering them with your car are not ideal behaviours, yet are striking symptoms of how furious Spanish people are that our government allows these monsters to enter Spain without visas. Many are young IDF soldiers taking break from genocide. They also have reputation for being rude and aggressive, so neighbours in buildings that permit tourists flats often object to Israeli guests (as well as British). Legally, a tourist flat can be prohibited in a building if a majority of neighbours vote against it...so tourist flat hosts tend to respect unwritten rule not to accept certain nationalities.
I remain both actively angered and buoyed by your two posts on this topic of making Israeli travelers squirm outside of Palestine.
Part of their entitlement that is so galling is any current feeling of discomfort or being profiled follows after 50 years of having open and often preferential access to visit most countries throughout the world, despite an abysmal aggregate record of bad behavior as tourists and ‘ex-pats.’ They have unchecked freedom to spend their blood money in countries with vulnerable tourist economies that desperately need it or work in economies that allow them to profit from skills developed in the military or honed at the expense of Palestinians. Moreover, this is all at the same time Palestinian and Arab travelers— really, anyone with a surname informed by Islam — are subject to exclusionary visa laws, summary deportation, street harassment, profiling of every imaginable variety, sub-par service offered reluctantly and with suspicion, and the nearly-always-completely-unfounded Assumption of Terroristic Tendencies.
The vast majority of Israeli travelers participated or remain participants in some branch of the military. This is not a controversial assertion. Nor is it controversial to point out that every unit of the Israeli armed services, regardless of its specific mission, contributes to an immoral national project and recognized war crimes. Given the fact only a tiny minority of Israeli Jews refuse conscription and religious extremists who seek exceptions are far less likely than veterans or reservists to be casual travelers, it is totally justified for hoteliers, restauranteurs, and immigration authorities to inquire about the individual history of violence of Israeli travelers.
The related and absurd regulations permitting citizens of the US and Great Britain (and I suspect other countries) to take up weapons in Israel, then return to their home country with no requirement to account for how they spent their warrior time, are offensive. Imagine a US National or someone with lawful permanent resident status flying to Gaza to join a unit of Al-Qassam fighters for a few years. How might they be received upon return or while traveling if they survived? Would they retain their citizenship? Would the highest government officials negotiate their release if they were captured or glaze them like a donut via a public phone call (I’m looking at you, Edan https://youtube.com/shorts/lWLJuKRp6jI)? This scenario is almost impossible to imagine. Stories like this can give us hope https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr/07/ten-britons-accused-of-committing-war-crimes-while-fighting-for-israel-in-gaza.
I understand your frustrations here, Michael. I think the good news is, that the future is not bright, both for Zionists and Zionism.
I also think this series might end up being never-ending, going forward, now that the masses worldwide understand what Israel actually is...governments will be forced to catch up sooner or later..
This inflation of anti-Zionism and antisemitism is just like the inflation of Judaism and Zionism. This is very wrong and it is difficult to understand how Italian authorities buy into concerted hasbara. Most of us have observed that the Zionists (I hesitate to cal them Zionist Jews because they violate every tenet of Judaism) always lie. And in fact, there very existence since 1948 is based on lies.
Indeed.
Also, I think you might mean ‘conflation’ rather than inflation :)
I am pretty sure that I typed 'conflation' but didn't notice that Autocorrect had done its work!
I found this in the Japanese Asahi Shimbun today. You might find it interesting.
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15760297
My next piece is actually on that story and another Japanese boycott. Stay tuned :)
Thank you for this. I am looking forward to the rest of your series. I followed the situation in Naples closely as it co-occurred with multiple examples of similarly nasty and entitled Zionist behavior in Thailand followed by local resistance to that nastiness and entitlement. The context you add here— the likelihood these “tourists” were on an incident-creation mission— is critical. Also, the support the restaurant owner has received in the time since the initial negative feedback was exposed as baseless is heartwarming. BDS certainly CAN and WILL be practiced at an individual level. Supporters of a supremacist state that abuses Palestinians will find themselves increasingly uncomfortable abroad and their ill-gotten money for travel unwelcome. At the same time, businesses that stand up for Palestinian liberation will be rewarded.
Thank you, Michael!
The possibility of them being walking hasbara trolls in service of the government seems very likely, given the extent the genocidal colony goes to on the hasbara front, spending over 150 million on a current crusade to sell Zionism since October 7. That, and because it seems quite suspicious that they attacked the activists the week prior and then went into a shop with Palestinian posters. Mrs Moses' claim she did not see them seems like a lie.
It is heartwarming in these dark times to see the support towards antizionist business owners. The next one should be out in a couple of days. I have also been seeing in reports a lot of activity against Zionists in every day life and that is good, people are sick of watching as Israel continues to maintain impunity as it is commits to its Holocaust and starving millions of Holocaust survivors in front of our eyes.
"Supporters of a supremacist state that abuses Palestinians will find themselves increasingly uncomfortable abroad and their ill-gotten money for travel unwelcome. At the same time, businesses that stand up for Palestinian liberation will be rewarded."
Absolutely, I agree wholeheartedly. The future is anti-Zionist.
Well said, both of you.
Thanks James!
Thanks for this great reporting. It's so spineless how the Italian authorities grovelled to the Zionist couple, and so nice to see the support the activists gave Mrs Monda. What a star woman she is. I listen to Spanish news on the radio briefly every morning. They have begun to talk more about the Jewish concentration camps and on TV they show Schindler's list every 2 or 3 weeks, to mould public support in favour of Israel. It makes me sick. Free Palestine.
Yes, Mrs Monda is excellent and so are the many more who are taking it upon themselves to boycott settlers.
That’s wild in Spain given the opposition to Zionism and Israel, including from the government. Yesterday in Parliament Pedro Sánchez called Israel a genocidal state and said the country will not trade with it.
Sadly, whilst Spain say no arms to Israel, there is a lot of evidence which says they continue. Despite this they are better than most.
Damn. Well, they must be under public pressure to do this, even if it based on BS.
Spanish mainstream news may cater to zionist narrative, but Israelis are widely loathed by Spanish people. In a coastal town not far from where I live, the owner of a tourist flat cancelled reservation when she discovered guests were Israelis. When they showed up at front door to complain, she poured toilet water on them from balcony. Not long ago, standing in queue at market, I overheard conversation of two typical "abuelos" about young Israeli tourists: "Sometimes I feel like running them over...I mean, how many children could I save if I ran over the bastards?" "Yeah, I know. It would be worth spending a few years in jail." Trust me, Israelis are deeply disliked here
Yikes! Are there any reports of the canceled reservation in the media, Maria?
To my knowledge no reports in MSM but that doesn't surprise me. The cancelled reservation episode I know from family who live in the building where it happened. Government is concerned that Spanish hostility towards Israelis will hurt tourism and create blowback. To be clear: dumping toilet water on people or fantasising aloud in public about murdering them with your car are not ideal behaviours, yet are striking symptoms of how furious Spanish people are that our government allows these monsters to enter Spain without visas. Many are young IDF soldiers taking break from genocide. They also have reputation for being rude and aggressive, so neighbours in buildings that permit tourists flats often object to Israeli guests (as well as British). Legally, a tourist flat can be prohibited in a building if a majority of neighbours vote against it...so tourist flat hosts tend to respect unwritten rule not to accept certain nationalities.
I remain both actively angered and buoyed by your two posts on this topic of making Israeli travelers squirm outside of Palestine.
Part of their entitlement that is so galling is any current feeling of discomfort or being profiled follows after 50 years of having open and often preferential access to visit most countries throughout the world, despite an abysmal aggregate record of bad behavior as tourists and ‘ex-pats.’ They have unchecked freedom to spend their blood money in countries with vulnerable tourist economies that desperately need it or work in economies that allow them to profit from skills developed in the military or honed at the expense of Palestinians. Moreover, this is all at the same time Palestinian and Arab travelers— really, anyone with a surname informed by Islam — are subject to exclusionary visa laws, summary deportation, street harassment, profiling of every imaginable variety, sub-par service offered reluctantly and with suspicion, and the nearly-always-completely-unfounded Assumption of Terroristic Tendencies.
The vast majority of Israeli travelers participated or remain participants in some branch of the military. This is not a controversial assertion. Nor is it controversial to point out that every unit of the Israeli armed services, regardless of its specific mission, contributes to an immoral national project and recognized war crimes. Given the fact only a tiny minority of Israeli Jews refuse conscription and religious extremists who seek exceptions are far less likely than veterans or reservists to be casual travelers, it is totally justified for hoteliers, restauranteurs, and immigration authorities to inquire about the individual history of violence of Israeli travelers.
The related and absurd regulations permitting citizens of the US and Great Britain (and I suspect other countries) to take up weapons in Israel, then return to their home country with no requirement to account for how they spent their warrior time, are offensive. Imagine a US National or someone with lawful permanent resident status flying to Gaza to join a unit of Al-Qassam fighters for a few years. How might they be received upon return or while traveling if they survived? Would they retain their citizenship? Would the highest government officials negotiate their release if they were captured or glaze them like a donut via a public phone call (I’m looking at you, Edan https://youtube.com/shorts/lWLJuKRp6jI)? This scenario is almost impossible to imagine. Stories like this can give us hope https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr/07/ten-britons-accused-of-committing-war-crimes-while-fighting-for-israel-in-gaza.
I understand your frustrations here, Michael. I think the good news is, that the future is not bright, both for Zionists and Zionism.
I also think this series might end up being never-ending, going forward, now that the masses worldwide understand what Israel actually is...governments will be forced to catch up sooner or later..