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President Sergio Mattarella's office
said Friday that the head of State had phoned La Repubblica
editor-in-chief Maurizio Molinari to express his solidarity
after a protest by students stopped the journalist from taking
part in a debate at the Federico II University in Naples.
Molinari has come under fire for allegedly being too sympathetic
with Israel after it waged war on Hamas following the October 7
massacres.
The statement by the head of State's office said Mattarella
stated that "what must be banned from universities is
intolerance.
"Those who claim the right to impose their ideas by preventing
people who think differently from expressing theirs are
incompatible with higher education," he said.
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