Italy’s Nova news agency confirmed it let reporter Gabriele Nunziati go for asking a European official about Israel at a press conference.

https://archive.ph/imNVS#selection-545.9-545.89

The question that the journalist did was the following:

  • “You’ve been repeating several times that Russia should pay for the reconstruction of Ukraine,” Nunziati, who is a contractor with Nova, said at a press conference. “Do you believe that Israel should pay for the reconstruction of Gaza since they have destroyed almost all its civilian infrastructure?”

  • Pinho replied that it was “definitely an interesting question, on which I would not have any comment."

  • A clip of the exchange went viral — not a frequent occurrence for European Commission press conferences — and Nunziati found himself in demand.

  • “It was republished by several media outlets, and it got really huge,” he said. “I was even contacted by several people saying, ‘I saw you on Insta!’ Two weeks later — on October 27 — I received an email from my news agency telling me that they intended to stop our collaboration.”