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Trump Ally Suspends Defense Agreement With Israel After IDF Fired Warning Shots At Country’s Peacekeeping Convoy

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has suspended the nation’s defense cooperation agreement with Israel amid the war with Iran.

Meloni spoke outside a wine industry event in Verona Tuesday, where she told reporters the Italian government “has decided to suspend the automatic renewal of the defense agreement with Israel in consideration of the current situation,” according to a Politico report.

The defense agreement was first established in 2003. It covers the transfer of military equipment and technology-related research between Italy and Israel’s armed forces, and it is set to automatically renew every five years, Politico reported.

The development comes amid rising tensions between Italy and Israel, as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fired warning shots at an Italian peacekeeping convoy in Lebanon on April 8, according to a Politico report.

“A logistics convoy of the Italian contingent, moving from Shama towards Beirut, was subjected to warning shots fired by the IDF about two kilometres from the base of departure,” the Minister of Defense, Guido Crosetto, stated April 8. The peacekeepers were with UNIFIL, or the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.

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Cardinal Tarnished by Secret Chinese Pact Emerges as Front-Runner for Pope

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An Italian cardinal once tainted by a secret deal with China over the appointment of Catholic bishops has emerged as the favorite to be elected pope.

Pietro Parolin, 70, is a seasoned diplomat who served under Pope Francis as secretary of state – effectively the prime minister of the Vatican City State.

The odds of him being elected as the successor to the late pope when 133 cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday at the start of the conclave are now at 9/4, according to British bookmaker William Hill. . .

Catholics in China are split into two camps – those who are members of an underground church that is loyal to Rome and the pope, and those who belong to a state-sanctioned church that refuses to accept the authority of the pontiff.

Under the deal, struck in 2018 and since renewed several times, Chinese officials were given some input into bishops who are appointed by the Vatican. Critics said the agreement sold out those Catholics who are loyal to Rome and represented a capitulation to Beijing. (Read more from “Cardinal Tarnished by Secret Chinese Pact Emerges as Front-Runner for Pope” HERE)

Multiple Palestinians Arrested at Start of Ramadan for Plotting Islamic Terror Attacks

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Law enforcement officials in Italy arrested three Palestinians this week at the start of Ramadan for allegedly planning to conduct terror attacks on foreign soil.

Italian police did not disclose the names of the three Islamic terrorist suspects but said that they were connected to the Palestinian terror group Al-Aqsa Martyr Brigades.

“The suspects engaged in proselytism and propaganda (…) and planned attacks, including suicide attacks, against civilian and military targets on foreign territory,” police said.

The arrests happened in the Italian city of L’Aquila where the suspects made contact with an existing terror cell.

“It is rare for terrorist organizations such as the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades to orchestrate schemes to target civilians on foreign soil,” said Joe Truzman, Senior Research Analyst at FDD’s Long War Journal. “However, this heinous plot serves as a stark reminder that this group and its affiliates in the West Bank and Gaza are not ‘resistance fighters,’ as they claim to be, but cold-blooded terrorists with the sole purpose of inflicting death and destruction.” (Read more from “Multiple Palestinians Arrested at Start of Ramadan for Plotting Islamic Terror Attacks” HERE)

Pope Francis Expresses Concern Over Europe’s Demographic Winter, Urges Italians: ‘Having Children Is a Duty to Survive’

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Pope Francis once again voiced his concern for Europe’s demographic winter on Saturday, urging Italians to have more children.

“I am worried about the low birth rate,” the pontiff told an Italian association of local politicians. “There is a culture of depopulation that comes from the fact that few children are born.”

“It is true, anyone can have a dog, it is true: but we need children,” he continued. “In Italy, Spain … there is a need for children.”

“Think that one of these Mediterranean countries has an average age of 46 years! I don’t know what it is in Italy, but it is close to that level,” the pope stated.

According to Italy’s National Institute of Statistics, the national birthrate is down to 1.25 children per woman, well below the replacement rate. The mean age of the population is 46.6 years, as the pope stated. (Read more from “Pope Francis Expresses Concern Over Europe’s Demographic Winter, Urges Italians: ‘Having Children Is a Duty to Survive'” HERE)

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Proposed Legislation Would Discipline Teachers Who Ban Nativity Scenes in Schools

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Italian lawmakers are introducing legislation which would discipline teachers who ban Christian Nativity scenes from classrooms in the name of cultural sensitivity.

The bill was introduced by senators from the Brothers of Italy party, of which Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is a member. The lawmakers said that it was necessary to preserve Italy’s cultural roots and to protect Christians from being discriminated against.

“For some years there have been embarrassing and unacceptable decisions by some schools to ban nativity scenes, or to turn Christmas into an improbable winter festival to avoid giving offence to practitioners of other religions,” said Senator Lavinia Mennuni, who introduced the legislation.

Mennuni added that she didn’t want recognition of the Nativity to just become part of a generic holiday celebration, but to allow its celebration to remain distinct.

“Allowing the transformation of sacred Christian festivities into another anonymous type of celebration would constitute discrimination against the students and their respective families practicing the majority religion,” she said. (Read more from “Proposed Legislation Would Discipline Teachers Who Ban Nativity Scenes in Schools” HERE)

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Judges Deny Parents’ Plea to Take Ailing Daughter to Italy for Treatment

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A panel of judges in the United Kingdom denied an appeal from parents to take their daughter, who suffers from a rare disease, to Italy for treatment.

The judges said that Italy’s desire to take 8-month-old Indi Gregory in for treatment under Hague Convention rules was “wholly misconceived” and “not in the spirit of the convention.” Italy has granted the infant citizenship and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has reached out to the U.K.’s Lord Chancellor to coordinate travel to bring the young child to Italy.

The parents of Indi, supported by the Christian Legal Centre, have sought to leave the U.K. to find treatment for a rare mitochondrial disease their daughter has. Judges with the Court of Appeal denied their requests, upholding a previous ruling from Justice Robert Peel that Indi must be taken off life support.

“Claire and I are again disgusted by another one-sided decision from the judges and the Trust. The whole world is watching and is shocked at how we have been treated,” Dean Gregory, Indi’s father, said.

“Claire and I have always wanted what is in Indi’s best interests. She has human rights and we wanted her to have the best treatment possible. If the UK did not want to fund it, why can she not go to Italy and receive the treatment and care which the amazing Italian Prime Minister and government has offered,” he added. (Read more from “Judges Deny Parents’ Plea to Take Ailing Daughter to Italy for Treatment” HERE)

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‘An Animal of Unacceptable Intelligence’: Alien Marine Life Plagues Country’s Seas, Jeopardizes Key Produce

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A voracious marine species alien to Italy has invaded the country’s waters, preying on a vast range of marine life including clams, Italy’s prized sea produce, according to a video published by the Associated Press (AP).

The blue crabs displayed their characteristic sea-blue pincers and tenacious grip as fishermen hauled them up, the AP video showed. The invasive crab species can be seen swiftly and easily prying clams open and devouring anything they can find. This disruption causes significant damage to the Italian marine ecosystem and fishing industry, according to the report in the footage.

Fishermen working in Tuscany’s Orbetello Lagoon leave their nets in the water overnight, expecting to catch sea bream, sea bass and eels; however, by morning they find they have caught thousands of blue crabs, per the video.

“He is aggressive, he is fast, he is an animal of unacceptable intelligence. We fight this blue crab, but he is stronger than us, there are so many of them,” said Mario Giudici, a concerned Italian fisherman, to AP. (Read more from “‘An Animal of Unacceptable Intelligence’: Alien Marine Life Plagues Country’s Seas, Jeopardizes Key Produce” HERE)

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Italy’s Conservative Government Begins Removing Some Homosexual Parents From Children’s Birth Certificates

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Italy has begun removing the names of gay mothers from their children’s birth certificates, as part of the right-wing government’s crackdown on same-sex parenting.

The move comes after populist prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s coalition announced in March that state agencies should no longer register the children of same-sex couples, a move that sparked protests in Milan.

Families have begun receiving letters from the state prosecutor, with PinkNews reporting that 27 parents in the northern city of Padua have been issued notices that they were being removed from their child’s birth certificate. Other families have received letters in Milan, Florence and Fiumicino, near Rome.

Michael Leidi and her wife Viola were reportedly among one of the three lesbian couples to be targeted by the crackdown, with Ms Leidi telling LGBTQ+ Nation that she “cried for 10 days” after receiving the letter.

It informed them that the inclusion of Ms Leidi’s name was “contrary to public order”, as she was not the biological mother of the couple’s daughter Giulia, the site reported. (Read more from “Italy’s Conservative Government Begins Removing Some Homosexual Parents From Children’s Birth Certificates” HERE)

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Europe’s Most Dangerous Supervolcano ‘on Verge of Eruption’ and May Spark Global Winter

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An Italian “supervolcano” could plunge the Earth into a global winter as scientists predict it could soon erupt for the first time since 1538, as detailed in a new study.

The crust of the Campi Flegrei volcano, near Naples in southern Italy, is becoming weaker and more prone to rupturing, “making an eruption more likely”, research recently published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment said.

If the eruption was to be similar to its largest previous one, it would launch molten rock and volcanic gases high into the stratosphere.

This would lead to 100-feet-high (33.5 meters) tsunamis and the spread of sulfur and toxic ash that could plunge Earth into global winter for years, destroying crops and wildlife alike.

And most at risk are the roughly 500,000 people whose homes lie near the supervolcano – many of them in the coastal town of Pozzuoli. (Read more from “Europe’s Most Dangerous Supervolcano ‘on Verge of Eruption’ and May Spark Global Winter” HERE)

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Tennis Star Among High-Profile Italians Accused of Faking Vaccine Papers

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A doctor was arrested last year in northeastern Italy for allegedly doling out fake COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination certificates. Italian pro-tennis star and lingerie model Camila Giorgi, 31, is now under investigation on suspicion of being one of the doctor’s high-profile clients.

If physician Daniela Grillon’s admissions to investigators are true, then Giorgi competed in several international tennis competitions under the false pretense that she was was vaccinated.

Daniela Grillon was arrested in Vincenza in February 2022 and charged with doling out fake serums and vaccination records, reported Tennis365.

Grillon claims to have faked vaccinations for hundreds of people, including the popular Italian musician Francesca Calearo, who goes by “Madame,” and the Giorgi family.

The doctor said that she could “confirm with [absolute] certainty that none of the vaccines against the Giorgi family have actually been administered.” (Read more from “Tennis Star Among High-Profile Italians Accused of Faking Vaccine Papers” HERE)

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