(ANSA) - Rome, July 12 - An Italian MP on Wednesday denied
any anti-Semitic intent after publishing a jibe on Facebook
asking if a Jewish colleague had bushy eyebrows because he
wanted to "cover the marks of the circumcision".
"There was no anti-Semitism," said Massimo Corsaro, a member
of a group of lawmakers close to former Puglia Governor Raffaele
Fitto that broke away from Forza Italia, regarding the comment
directed at Democratic Party (PD) MP Emanuele Fiano.
"I intended to call him a dickhead".
Fiano is the author of bill that seeks to tighten up the law
against apology for Fascism.
Anti-Semitism row over MP eyebrows jibe
Just wanted to call Fiano a dickhead, says Corsaro