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 Holocaust 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 January7 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 believe 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 Islamistmilitant group from the Strip has so far left over 24,000 Palestinians dead according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
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