The Jewish Community of Rome said
Monday it is "appalled" at the "complicit silence and double
standards that continue to pollute public statements on the war
in Israel and Gaza" sparked by the Hamas attacks of October 7.
"We would have expected unequivocal statements on the horrors
committed by the terrorist organisation Hamas, which is still
holding over 100 Jewish hostages," read a statement.
"It is scandalous to put the defensive war of a country and a
people that suffered a mass anti-Semitic attack on October 7 on
the same level as the meticulous Jew-hunt involving the
deliberate killing of 1,400 people including children one by
one," the statement continued.
"It is double standards to demand that Israel stop and not to
demand that the hostages be freed and those responsible
prosecuted.
The application of double standards is part of the universal
definition of anti-Semitism.
We will not remain silent and will continue to denounce the
unacceptable cultural complicity with terrorism," concluded the
statement from the Jewish Community of Rome.
Photo: Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Rome Riccardo Di
Segni during a demonstration on November 7 in memory of the
Israeli victims and hostages of the October 7 Hamas attack.
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