A travel warrant from Milan for the Palestinian President of Italy Mohammad Hannoun
The measure of the Quaestor of Milan is based in particular on statements made during the Pro-Palestinian demonstration held in Milan on 18 October 2025
Key points
For one year Mohammad Hannoun, president of the Palestinians in Italy association, will not be allowed to set foot in Milan. He was served a travel order today, Saturday 25 October, as soon as he stepped off the plane that was taking him from Rome to Linate, to take part in the pro-Pal demonstration scheduled for the afternoon. "On leaving the plane, police officers identified me and took me to the office in Linate to give me two notifications", that is, "removal from the city for one year" and a complaint "for incitement to violence". "I am sorry for this act of aggression against me while our government is a direct accomplice in the genocide in Gaza where it supplies weapons to exterminate Gazawians", he added.
Daspo for Hannoun: "From his words risk generating uncontrollable mass reactions"
The order issued by Milan's police commissioner banning Hannoun from entering Milan for a year is based in particular on statements he made during the pro-Palestinian demonstration held in Milan on 18 October 2025. The man - according to a document - allegedly made statements inciting violence, praising the law of retaliation and inciting the death of collaborationists and alleged criminals. These statements, which were also broadcast live on the social platform Facebook, 'could have generated uncontrollable mass reactions, putting public safety at risk'. 'Those who kill must be killed. Why weep for these criminals' he had said, a sentence also quoted in the removal order.
His phrases had also immediately ignited political controversy, so much so that Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi, at the Senate question time last Thursday, announced the arrival of "rigorous measures" for his statements of an "instigatory character" approving "the bloody abuses committed by Hamas militiamen against other Palestinian citizens considered to be "collaborators" of the Israeli army".
The previous
The expulsion decree is not the first measure taken against the president of the Api. On 29 November 2024, he was given a six-month ban from Milan (and a criminal charge for incitement to commit a crime) after his words of approval for the 'lesson' given in Amsterdam to the Maccabi Tel Aviv fans. And it is precisely the 'repetition' of his conduct 'likely to disturb public order, security and tranquillity and to incite, once again, the masses adhering to the public demonstration' that are cited as the motivation for the decree. The decree is also the reason for the expulsion decree
Hannoun: "I was a victim of the Zionist lobby"
"I have been a victim of the Zionist lobby, which does nothing but attack our declarations, which are clear statements. We never have two faces like them, supporting criminals and talking about peace. They are the real criminals," he said in a telephone link with the Milan demonstration from Genoa, where he returned from Linate accompanied by his son in a car.
