The issue features the title "The Zionist Right Shaping Greater Israel," presenting the image as a metaphor for expansionist policies associated with the Israeli right. 🚨 ITALY'S BIGGEST MAGAZINE DROPS A BOMB ON ISRAEL 🔥 Italy's most respected weekly, L'Espresso, just published its explosive cover titled "L'ABUSO" — "The Abuse". The image shows an Israeli settler soldier grinning like a predator while filming a terrified Palestinian… pic.twitter.com/nHRT3xT7YH The controversy comes amid already tense relations, weeks after Italy summoned Ambassador Alon Peled for talks because Israel barred Cardinal Pizzaballa from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday. L’Espresso is the oldest Italian political and cultural weekly still in publication, founded in 1955. Since October 2023, it has maintained a critical editorial stance toward the Israeli government, publishing multiple cover stories on the war in Gaza, violence by illegal Israeli settlers, and the government of Benjamin Netanyahu. Israeli settler violence occurring under the protection of the Israeli army and police in the West Bank is well-documented and daily. The Israeli parliament has approved further expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank. The West Bank is a core part of the Palestinian state, and Israeli settlements in that territory are illegal under international law.