25 April not Palestinian Day says Di Segni

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 22 - The 25 April Liberation Day holiday should not be not be merely a pro-Palestinian Day, the president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, Noemi Di segni, told ANSA Monday stressing that it should remain a "celebration of the Liberation for which we all fought.
    "We will not be told by anyone that we are the new fascists," she said.
    "We fought for the Liberation with our partisans and the Jewish Brigade, despite the persecution and betrayal of us with the racial laws.
    "The concepts of Liberation and freedom are not taken for granted today.
    "Nor do we ask that they be abused or disassociated to bring them into other contexts, against Jews and against Israel.
    "We cannot be told that this is the day of the liberation of the Palestinians, we can work on that another 364 days a year.
    "Not on 25 April, not in the squares where we pay homage to the memory of the fallen.
    "Let 25 April remain 25 April and let there be no violence or contestation of the Jewish values and contribution to the liberation from Nazi-Fascism". (ANSA).