Noemi Di Segni, the president of the
union of Italian Jewish communities (UCEI), on Sunday called for
an end to the "verbal violence" directed against the nation's
Jews since the start of the war in Gaza between Israel and
Hamas.
"Cease the fire of words against us is what we say to those who
continue to accuse Israel of war crimes and genocide, with
slogans based on nationality and faith, giving credence only to
Hamas propaganda and giving new life to prejudices that we had
hoped were extinct," Di Segni said.
She appealed to "to all political sides, to those who teach at
universities and in schools, to cease verbal violence, which is
an assist to terrorism and the squadrismo of (left-wing) social
centres and neo-fascists, in the name of solidarity with a
people and a land they know nothing about".
A petition calling on Cagliari University to end its relations
of cooperation with Israeli institutions, meanwhile, has been
signed by around 1,000 students.
The document will be discussed on 30 January in the university's
Academic Senate.
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