Yossi Schwartz ISL (RCIT section in Israel/Occupied Palestine) 01.05.2026
During the Palestinian uprising 1936-9 the Zionists in Palestine joined the British imperialists to repress the uprising. Part of the repression was carried out by the Special Night Squads (SNS) formed by a British officer a Christian Zionist, Major Orde Wingate who is known in Israel as “The friend”. This unit used terror in the Arab villages. Some of his trainees included future Israeli military leaders such as Moshe Dayan and Yigal Allon who shaped the Zionist control over the West Bank.
From the very beginning of WWII, the same people and other terrorists asked to form a Jewish brigade to serve British imperialism with the hope that such a service would influence the British to guarantee a Zionist state in Palestine.
Churchill agreed and the Jewish brigade 5000 volunteers was formed in 1944 as part of the imperialist Eight army led by general Montgomery. They marched with Zionist flags. They were sent to Italy.
After the war the brigade assisted with Aliyah Bet (clandestine immigration to Palestine).
On April 25 in Milan, the annual march marking Italy’s liberation from Nazi-fascism unfolded with: partisan songs, flags, and a civic ritual rooted in the memory of resistance.
By midday, that sense of unity had fractured. As the Jewish Brigade contingent tried to force the procession—joined by other Zionist Jewish groups with Israel flags These provocateurs met with escalating hostility from other demonstrators. Insults were shouted, chants intensified, and tensions moved from verbal confrontation toward physical threat.
Among the reported phrases were “assassins,” “genocidal pigs,” The Police intervened, and the Jewish Brigade was eventually escorted out of the march.
The Milan confrontation quickly became a national argument over who belongs inside Italy’s Liberation Day memory, whether Israeli and Jewish symbols are allowed in such a March.
In Rome a Zionist Jew Eitan Bondi, a member of Rome’s Jewish community, fired at two members of Parliament representing the resistance to the fascist regime organized as ANPI. In his apartment the police found weapons and an Israeli flag.
The two victims, identified in Italian reporting as Rossana Gabrieli and Nicola Fasciano, were struck in the neck, face, and shoulder.
Jewish institutions as could be expected responded quickly, condemning the violence while warning against efforts to turn one suspect’s alleged actions into an indictment of the wider Jewish community.
The Jewish Brigade also denied any connection to Bondì, saying it did not know him and had no member by that name, while warning that using the Brigade’s name to associate it with the attack would insult the memory of those who fought under its banner.
The Zionist are afraid as the ANPI called for investigations into what it described as extremist or intimidating behavior by some Jewish activists, including references to alleged “Jewish paramilitary groups.” The Zionists accuse the ANPI of being Anti-Semite.
ANPI rejected accusations of antisemitism and instead attributed the breakdown to tensions linked to the conduct of some Jewish Brigade participants, as well as certain symbols they displayed during the march. Its leadership maintained that the episode should be understood within the broader context of a highly polarized environment shaped by the war in Gaza, while reaffirming its historical commitment to antifascist values and inclusivity.
At the same time, remarks from Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala suggested that tensions had been anticipated but that the presence of Israeli flags had not been expected, indicating that their display may have contributed to the escalation—an interpretation contested by participants, who pointed to the regular presence of other political symbols, including Palestinian flags. A typical Zionist response that equates the oppressors with the oppressed.
The only way to fight Anti-Semitism is to fight against Zionism!