On January 27th, 2025, the Italian “New Communist Party” (NCP), a far-left clandestine group mostly based in central western-Italy, published an updated version of its original blacklist of “Zionist agents”. This time, on its third update since last summer, the extremist group published a list of Italian-Israeli citizens serving in the IDF and their photos.

The first part of the list was included in a 24-page long notice published on August 22nd, 2024, and called for the boycott of Israel and the fight against Zionism in Italy. The call was backed by other far-left groups such as the Arab-Palestinian Democratic Union and P- CARC (Committee for the Support of Communist Resistance). The list was further updated on September 18th, 2024, with more names and it included a consistent number of rabbis who have no role in the so-called “Zionist propaganda”, members of Jewish associations, and even holocaust survivor Liliana Segre, a 94-year-old lady who is also a Senator of the Italian Parliament and who has been a frequent target of antisemites. The list also included prominent Italian MPs from both the majority and the opposition; ministers of the Meloni government, and a former ambassador. The case recalls situations already seen…