Bepi Pezzulli, at The Blogs

Oct 8, 2024, 10:00 AM

Italy’s Failures Exposed by US Sanctions on Hamas

The U.S. sanctions on Hamas financier Mohammad Hannoun signal an increasingly aggressive approach by Washington to disrupt the financial networks supporting terrorist organizations. Hannoun, who has operated in Italy for years under the banner of charitable work, is accused...

Oct 1, 2024, 6:27 PM

UNIFIL: Enabling Hezbollah, Undermining Peace

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), originally established in 1978, has become a textbook example of bureaucratic inefficiency and toothless diplomacy. Its mandate to maintain peace and security along the Israel-Lebanon border has been marked by decades...

Sep 26, 2024, 11:22 PM

Lammy’s Call for a Ceasefire Empowers Hezbollah

UK's Foreign Secretary David Lammy’s call for an immediate ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel at the UN Security Council session being held in New York is emblematic of a broader misunderstanding of the dynamics that have kept Lebanon in...

Sep 17, 2024, 12:05 PM

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Ban Rome’s October pro-Palestinian march! It glorifies the massacre of Israelis

Using democracy's hallowed 'freedom of assembly' to honor heinous acts of terror is simply unacceptable

Sep 10, 2024, 1:46 PM

Italy Does It Again: A Deplorable Court Decision

Italy has once again found itself at the crossroads of legal ambiguity and international controversy. The recent court ruling in L'Aquila, which has annulled the previous arrest warrants for Ali Irar and Mansour Doghmosh, reflects a disturbing trend of...

Sep 3, 2024, 6:53 AM

Lammy Suspends Arms Sales to Israel Over Gaza War

In a surprising move, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has announced the suspension of 30 arms export licenses to Israel, citing concerns that these weapons could be used to violate international humanitarian law in the ongoing Gaza conflict. This...

Aug 28, 2024, 10:06 PM

Cecilia Parodi charged for antisemitic hate speech

Il Presidente della Repubblica Sergio Mattarella a Milano,saluta la Sen. Liliana Segre in occasione dell’inaugurazione dell’Anno Accademico 2019-2020 dell’Università Bocconi..(foto di Francesco Ammendola - Ufficio per la Stampa e la Comunicazione della Presidenza della Repubblica)

Cecilia Parodi, an Italian writer and pro-Palestinian activist, has been placed under criminal investigation in Milan on charges of "incitement to commit crimes motivated by racial, ethnic, and religious discrimination" and "aggravated defamation fueled by racial hatred." The investigation...

Aug 24, 2024, 5:11 PM

Italy’s Terror List: Targeting Jews and Zionists

Italy, a nation that has long prided itself on its democratic principles and historical resolve against fascism, has recently been jolted by the emergence of a disturbing threat to its civil society. Reports have surfaced that an alliance between...

Aug 20, 2024, 9:32 AM

Labour’s Islamophobia Law: Protecting v. Censoring

Labour's initiative to enshrine an official definition of Islamophobia into English law, heralded by Sir Keir Starmer, raises fundamental concerns that challenge both the principles of free speech and the notion of equality before the law. The proposal, which...

Aug 6, 2024, 2:57 PM

Israel to be wary of London in a hurry

On August 6, 2024, it was announced that several employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) were implicated in the October 7, 2023, attacks against Israel, which were carried...

About Me

Giuseppe Levi Pezzulli ("Bepi") is a Solicitor specialised in International financial law and a foreign policy scholar. His research interest is economic statecraft. In 2018, he published "An alternative view of Brexit" (Milano Finanza Books), which investigates the economic and geopolitical implications of Brexit. In 2023, "Brave bucks" (Armando Publishing House), which highlights the role of private capital in the industrial policy mix. Formerly an Editor-in-Chief of La Voce Repubblicana; is a columnist for the Italian daily financial newspaper Milano Finanza; a pundit for the int'l financial TV channel CNBC; and a Middle East analyst for Longitude magazine. He received degrees at Luiss Guido Carli in Rome (LLB), New York University (LLM), and Columbia University (JD). He stood for a seat in the UK Parliament at the general election 2024.

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