The journalist’s question to an EC official was deemed “embarrassing” by his employer, Italian media say

An Italian journalist has been fired for asking a European Commission (EC) official whether Israel should bear the financial cost of rebuilding Gaza, given the bloc’s demand for Russia to pay ‘reparations’ for the Ukraine conflict.

Gabriele Nunziati, a contributor with the Italian news agency Nova, posed the question to EC spokeswoman Paula Pinho during a press briefing in mid-October.

“You’ve been repeating several times that Russia should pay for the reconstruction of Ukraine,” Nunziati asked. “Do you believe that Israel should pay for the…

Read the full article at RT.COM