Italy: Local Mayor Recives Threatening Letter Regarding Settlement of Israeli Families

This week in the northwestern Italian town of Varallo, located in a series of valleys in the Piedmont region known as Valsesia,  the town mayor has received an anonymous threatening note from somebody identifying themselves as the “Anti-Zionist Movement”. Written in stencil, the note refers to the settlement of 70 Israeli families in the area and threatens to “start shooting” if any more arrive. a bullet was also enclosed in the envelope.

The article below from La Stampa is pretty self-explanatory and is translated by Fousesquawk. I will have more to write on this in the very near future. 

“This is the only warning before shooting,” an envelope with a bullet addressed to Mayor Bondetti

In the message, the self-described “Anti-Zionist Movement” contests the presence of Israeli families who have been established for years in Varallo.

-By Andrea Bucci and Francesca Rivano

19 June 2026 at 0:500

A yellow envelope containing a letter apparently written in stencil headed, “Fuck Israel” and a 40 caliber Smith and Wesson bullet. “This is the only warning before we begin shooting”. The threatening letter was delivered yesterday to the mayor of Varallo, Pietro Bondetti, signed by a self-described “Anti-Zionist Movement”. Aside from the first citizen of the Valsesia town, also targeted is Ugo Luzzati, who, through his “Baita Project” in 2023, brought about 70 Israeli families to settle in Valsesia.

The envelope was delivered to the town hall during the late morning along with regular mail. On the sheet of paper, 16 lines oozing hatred, written in block letters and in ungrammatical Italian, implicate, aside from Bondetti and Luzzati, “mayors of Valsesia”, accusing them of favoring the settlement of “Nazi Zionists” in the area. In the letter is also written: ” We will not permit the transfer of more families”.

“A very serious and unexpected event,” comments Bondetti, who immediately filed a complaint with the Carabinieri station. A file has been opened with the prosecutor’s office on the sending of the letter by persons unknown at this time. Public Prosecutor, Mariaserena Iozzo, under the direction of the head of the judicial office, Ilaria Calo, believes it is a crime of “threat”. For now, there is caution at the courthouse. In the coming hours, the Dda, the district Anti-Mafia office, will be brought in since the victim of the threat is the mayor.