Overview
- The Beth Michael synagogue and community center in Monteverde was defaced overnight with black paint and the slogans “Palestina Libera” and “Monteverde antisionista e antifascista.”
- Rome’s prosecutor has opened an investigation pursuing aggravated damage and instigation to racial hatred as potential charges.
- Digos officers are reviewing surveillance videos that recorded two masked individuals at the scene and are working to identify them.
- President Sergio Mattarella called community leader Victor Fadlun to express solidarity, drawing broad institutional condemnation across parties.
- Organizers of a recent local pro‑Palestine demonstration denied involvement and voiced support for the neighborhood’s Jewish community.