The Five Star Movement mayor of Rome has undergone non-stop media attacks since being elected last year.
The new law passed by the Israeli Knesset can be a dangerous precedent for the expansion and legalization of Israeli settlements on Palestinian land, and the eventual annexation of large swathes of the occupied West Bank.
In less than two weeks, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi might become the next victim of the current anti-establishment global trend, as Italians vote on a controversial referendum seen as plebiscite on Renzi himself.
“The suggestion of an independent and autonomous Palestinian state is an idea of the past and hardly feasible if not nearly impossible in the current political situation.” These are not the remarks of a Jewish Israeli but of a Palestinian, probably one of the most prominent Palestinian intellectua
The twenty year old No TAV movement in Italy that opposes the construction of a new high-speed railway connecting Turin and Lyon highlights the complexities of democratic citizen activism in the context of Italy's changing and warped politics.
All the parties have an apparent interest in pursuing the talks further, although largely to gain political consensus at home.
A Saturday tour of the old city of Hebron is on offer to American tourists; journalists - and Palestinians - are, however, less welcome to participate in the sight-seeing.
