Israelis Turned Away From Italian Hotel Citing ‘Genocide’

An Israeli couple was refused admission to an Italian hotel where they had made a reservation, the manager accusing Israelis of being “responsible for genocide.” A Jewish organization in Venice reported the incident on Nov. 14. The couple had used an online booking platform to reserve two nights for the beginning of November at the Hotel Garni Ongaro in Selva di Cadore, a mountain village near Cortina d’Ampezzo, which hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics. A day before the departure, they received a message from the hotel’s staff: “Good morning. We inform you that the Israeli people as those responsible for genocide are not welcome customers in our structure.”...