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Source: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/08/europe/EU-Italy-Gaza-Boycotting-Jews.php
Outrage in Italy at Call to Boycott Jews
[AP/International Herald Tribune] Italian politicians reacted with outrage Thursday to a proposal by a union calling for a boycott of Jewish-owned shops in Rome to protest Israel's offensive in Gaza. The FLAICA-CUB union, which claims to represent thousands of workers in shops and malls, said it would promote a boycott of businesses "tied to the Roman Jewish community" and would focus on clothing stores. Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno "firmly condemned" the initiative, saying it was reminiscent of the boycotts against Jewish shops organized by the Fascist regime as part of its anti-Semitic policies in the 1930s. In a show of support, he went shopping in a Jewish-owned clothing store.