{"id":38888,"date":"2025-10-08T13:08:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T11:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/2025\/10\/08\/italys-meloni-says-she-faces-complaint-at-icc-for-genocide-complicity\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T13:08:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T11:08:18","slug":"italys-meloni-says-she-faces-complaint-at-icc-for-genocide-complicity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/2025\/10\/08\/italys-meloni-says-she-faces-complaint-at-icc-for-genocide-complicity\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy&#8217;s Meloni says she faces complaint at ICC for genocide complicity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Meloni said Crosetto and Tajani also included in complaint filed with ICC<\/strong>.<\/h2>\n<p>Italy&#8217;s prime minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday said she has been accused of \u201ccomplicity in genocide\u201d in a complaint filed with the International Criminal Court (ICC) linking the Italian government to Israel&#8217;s\u00a0war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on state television channel RAI 1, Meloni said that Italy&#8217;s defence minister Guido Crosetto and foreign minister Antonio Tajani had also been reported to the ICC amid accusations of complicity by supplying arms to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>She added that Roberto Cingolani, the CEO of the weapons and aerospace firm Leonardo, may also have been included in the complaint.<\/p>\n<p>Meloni did not provide any details about who had filed the report against her and her ministers, saying: &#8220;I don&#8217;t believe there is another case like this in the world or in history&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The premier\u00a0reiterated that Rome has not authorised any new arms shipments to Israel since 7 October 2023, claiming\u00a0that Italy is among the European nations\u00a0with &#8220;the most rigid stance&#8221; in this regard.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing her concerns at &#8220;a climate that is becoming significantly more barbaric&#8221;, Meloni said she can no longer count the\u00a0number of death threats she has received, claiming the responsibility lies with &#8220;those who say I have blood on my hands&#8221; in relation to Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets of Rome in solidarity with Gaza. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uIx1MI11eE\" title=\"pic.twitter.com\/uIx1MI11eE\">pic.twitter.com\/uIx1MI11eE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wanted in Rome (@wantedinrome) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wantedinrome\/status\/1974507632615641128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" title=\"October 4, 2025\">October 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Israel&#8217;s interception of a humanitarian flotilla attempting to deliver aid to Gaza sparked mass protests in Italy in recent days, with much of the anger directed at Meloni and her right-wing government.<\/p>\n<p>A general strike called by the CGIL trade union last Friday in solidarity with the flotilla was deemed &#8220;specious&#8221; by Meloni who claimed that CGIL is &#8220;much more interested in defending the left than workers&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Meloni\u00a0spoke in\u00a0two interviews on Tuesday evening, first on\u00a0<em>Cinque Minuti<\/em>, then on <em>Porta a Porta<\/em>, both presented by veteran TV journalist Bruno Vespa.<\/p>\n<p>In response to her remarks, Giuseppe Conte, leader of the opposition Movimento 5 Stelle, accused Meloni of failing to realise that &#8220;a genocide has been underway in Gaza for two years and that there is a famine being caused&#8221;, as well as failing to condemn Israel&#8217;s detention of Italians\u00a0who travelled with the flotilla.<\/p>\n<p>                                                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meloni said Crosetto and Tajani also included in complaint filed with ICC. Italy&#8217;s prime minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday said she has been accused of \u201ccomplicity in genocide\u201d in a complaint filed with the International Criminal Court (ICC) linking the Italian government to Israel&#8217;s\u00a0war in Gaza. 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