Rome, 22 Nov (Adnkronos) – “We thank the police, citizens, the mayor and the Minister of the Interior for once again demonstrating Bologna’s strength in the face of unacceptable violence on the occasion of the Virtus-Maccabi match. Extremist violence has reappeared which has subversive and anti-Semitic characteristics, enemies of democracy and constitutional values”. Democratic Party Senator Graziano Delrio said so.
“Support for the Palestinian cause has nothing to do with anti-Semitic behavior which in Italy will more than double compared to 2023, which is a peak not reached since the 1960s. The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights tells us that currently 75 percent of Italian Jews avoid wearing religious symbols in public,” he continued.
“This shows that in some communities the space for freedom and freedom to claim their cultural and/or religious identity has been reduced. Restrictions on this space have a negative impact on the quality of democracy and civil coexistence, and in history have become the premise of the most serious racist discrimination,” said Delrio again.
(Adnkronos) – “The contexts in which the phenomenon of anti-Semitism is increasingly evident are online platforms and school and university environments, where the spread of hate speech and intolerance is clearly prevalent compared to the comparison between different points of view. Much of anti-Semitism has moved to the web, where it is less visible, but more capable of entering the dominant language, inserting itself into everyday life and normalizing hate speech”, explained the Democratic Party senator further.
“Therefore, together with several of my colleagues, I have presented to the Senate a draft law containing measures aimed at preventing and combating new forms of anti-Semitism, in particular by acting in the digital field and in the school and university environment – continues Delrio –. This is necessary to promote a culture of dialogue and mutual tolerance, mutual understanding and listening, for example maintaining universities as areas immune to hatred and places of training for dialogue.”
“We need an immediate signal. We need to immediately curb racial and anti-Semitic discrimination and democratic restrictions on freedom,” concluded Delrio.
