The Venice Film Festival is in full swing, the pro-Hamas crazies are out in force, and Roberto Arditti of Il Tempo has taken the occasion to write an excellent op-ed today, which we are translating here. He points out the sheer hypocrisy of those on the left in Italy, including those who walk the red carpet in Venice, for their support for Hamas vs Israel while ignoring the outrages going on in their own country at the hands of the migrants and asylum-seekers, who continue to attack innocent people.
Where is the outrage?
The left in Italy and the rest of the West may be too thick to see it, but there is a definite link between the criminal migrants wreaking havoc in Europe and Hamas, a terrorist organization dedicated to the destruction of Israel and the Jewish people.
Thankfully, there are many sensible people in Italy, like Mr Arditti, who do see it.
The anti-Israel left is silent on migrant violence
By Roberto Arditti
September 1, 2025
The streets of the Lido are teeming with demonstrators: Social centers, progressive Catholics, and starlets in search of visibility, ranting against Israel, accused of every atrocity. "Stop genocide", they shout, ignoring logic: Hamas, whom they defend so much, doesn't want peace, but rather the destruction of the West, our world. Indignation is cheap, so much per kilo, and only serves to reinforce those who hate us. Meanwhile, in Italy, very serious things are happening, silenced by those who prefer the politically correct to the courage of the truth.
In Catania, a 37-year-old Ethiopian, Habtom Hailu, stabbed Alessandro Indurre, a 40-year-old Italian, to death, like him, an illegal parking valet. An argument over a parking space, and the knife did the rest. Indurre leaves a little girl orphaned. It's August 30, who talks about it? Better to march for Gaza. In Florence, a quadraplegic man in a wheelchair, Michele Vannini, 42, was robbed on via Toselli. Two young North Africans yanked a gold chain from his neck. Helpless, he felt like "prey". It was August 26, in broad daylight. San Jacopino is a no-man's land, but the indignation is reserved for the "poor migrants".
In Milan, two Bosnian Roma (Gypsies) were arrested for serial robberies. On July 15, in Piazza (Square) Missori, they attacked Alessandro Briguglio, a 25-year-old financial analyst. A hammer blow to the head to rob him of a 4,000 euro Tudor. A fractured skull, a split eyebrow. "One more blow and I was dead," he said. Arrested two months later, but how many other victims in the meantime? And what is the cost to taxpayers of arresting these people, one, two, three, and countless times?
And then in Padua, August 19: Three North Africans, armed with knives and clubs, break into an isolated farmhouse. A couple had secluded themselves. They robbed them, held down the boy, and one of them sexually abused the girl. The rapist was arrested thanks to the report, but the trauma remains. Another episode that cries for vengeance, ignored by the champions of do-goodism.
These are not isolated cases: They are the result of uncontrolled immigration, which imports violence and disregard for our rules. Integration is a pipe dream when respect is lacking. And while they wave Palestinian flags in Venice, Hamas is laughing: Every parade strengthens them against a West that is committing suicide with its own do-goodism. Enough hypocrisy. Italy cannot be a Wild West for foreign criminals. Harder laws are needed, immediate expulsions, and less chatter.
Security is non-negotiable, not in Catania, not in Florence, not in Milan, not in Padua. Wake up, Italy. Those in Venice will never understand; they are too busy on the red carpet. But the others can do it.
