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Procaccini clashes with radio hosts over Israel and reporting on October 7
Italian MEP Nicola Procaccini argued with radio hosts Gianluca Fabi and Savino Balzano during a live broadcast on Radio Cusano Campus.
The discussion began with an incident involving French-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan at a memorial display in the European Parliament for victims of the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023.
Hassan acknowledged removing an Israeli flag, but denied touching a European Union flag that fell from the same stand.
She criticized the display as one-sided, and European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said the incident would be checked.
Procaccini condemned the incident and said Hassan and others shared Hamas’s viewpoint.
He then accused the hosts of spreading false claims about whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had prior knowledge of the attack and about a Flydubai co-pilot.
The hosts cited reporting by the Wall Street Journal and the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, while Procaccini disputed their interpretation.
The exchange became increasingly heated, and no outcome of the European Parliament’s checks is given.
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European Parliament member Nicola Procaccini clashed with radio hosts Gianluca Fabi and Savino Balzano during a live broadcast about Israel and reporting on the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack.
The discussion followed an incident at a European Parliament exhibition commemorating victims of the attack, where MEP Rima Hassan removed an Israeli flag.
Procaccini accused the hosts of saying false things about reports concerning whether Israeli authorities had prior knowledge of the attack.
The hosts challenged his dismissal of reporting cited from the Wall Street Journal and Haaretz.
Hassan said the exhibition presented a one-sided account and denied removing the European Union flag that fell.
- Who
- Nicola Procaccini, Gianluca Fabi and Savino Balzano. The discussion also concerned MEP Rima Hassan.
- What
- Procaccini clashed with the radio hosts over Israel, an incident involving flags at a European Parliament exhibition, and reporting about October 7.
- When
- The broadcast was reported on October 10, 2026. The attack discussed took place on October 7, 2023.
- Where
- On Battitori liberi, broadcast by Radio Cusano Campus.
- Why
- Procaccini objected to the hosts’ discussion of reports about Israeli authorities’ knowledge of the attack; the exchange also addressed Hassan’s removal of an Israeli flag.
Nicola Procaccini
Gianluca Fabi and Savino Balzano
Credibility of reports
Nicola Procaccini
Procaccini called the hosts’ claims “cazzate” and said the reports were an offence to the memory of the October 7 victims.
Gianluca Fabi and Savino Balzano
The hosts said the reports came from established publications, including the Wall Street Journal and Haaretz, and urged Procaccini to examine them.
Reporting on October 7
Nicola Procaccini
Procaccini said the reports did not show that Israel’s government or Mossad knew of the attack in advance.
Gianluca Fabi and Savino Balzano
Balzano said Haaretz had reported on October 7 and the Hannibal Directive, and challenged Procaccini to address those reports.
Su Israele dite cazzate
These cazzate were written by the Wall Street Journal.
Haaretz has written about October 7, denounced the application of the Hannibal Directive and its evolution. You should look into it, MEP. Study.
Hamas carried out the attack whose victims were commemorated at the European Parliament exhibition.
Rima Hassan removed the Israeli flag at the exhibition; the European Union flag attached to the same base also fell.
Procaccini debated the flag incident and reporting about October 7 with Fabi and Balzano on Radio Cusano Campus.
- Radio programme
- Battitori liberi, Radio Cusano Campus
- Participants
- Nicola Procaccini, Gianluca Fabi and Savino Balzano
- Exhibition venue
- European Parliament
- Flag incident
- Hassan said she removed the Israeli flag and denied touching the European Union flag
- Attack discussed
- October 7, 2023
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