University rectors, politicians and
other institutional representatives are using language that
misrepresents the Shoah, the president of the Union of Italian
Jewish Communities (UCEI), Noemi Di Segni, said on Tuesday.
"In the last few weeks, we have heard rectors, teachers,
politicians, institutional figures use words about the Shoah
that have been distorted, out of context, turned against Israel
and the Jews," said Di Segni ahead of International Holocaust
Remembrance Day on Saturday, without naming names.
The UCEI chief said the use of the Fascist salute at the January
7 commemoration of the 1978 Acca Larentia massacre in Rome
"depends on contexts and circumstances, to the use of the term
'genocide' in comments on the Hague Court trial".
South Africa has brought Israel before the International Court
of Justice in The Hague for its alleged genocide of Palestinians
in Gaza, a charge Tel Aviv has dismissed as "grossly distorted".
"And, with all due respect, it also concerns the Church: we have
heard appeals that belittle the recognition of October 7 as an
act of terrorism," she added, referring to the unprecedented
Hamas attack mounted from Gaza that killed 1,200 people in
southern Israel and saw approximately 250 hostages taken.
The resulting Israeli offensive to eliminate the Islamist
militant group from the Strip has so far left over 24,000
Palestinians dead according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
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