Chamber of Deputies for the Italian Democratic Party( PD):“ the capitalist financial system finds the financial resources to fund the war economy of the world’ s principal colonialist state: Israel. For nearly seventy years, this state, in the name of a Zionist, racist ideology, imposes an anti-Arab system of apartheid and colonialization on Palestinian lands. The most recent pseudo-elections have reappointed a paramilitary regime to the helm of this Zionist entity, supported by a fundamentalist and colonial political bloc, whose program is to annihilate the aspirations of the Arab-Palestinian people. We must continue and relaunch the campaign denouncing the Zionist presence in Italy and in the world. [...] This is absolutely the path to be taken because the Zionist plan to occupy space and power within Italy has not been defeated and has not ceased moving forward. This is clearly demonstrated by the attempt to present a candidate for mayor of Milan who is an openly declared Zionist, a supporter of Israel and the crimes it has committed over the decades: we are talking about the home affairs spokesman for the Partito Democratico( PD) appointed to reforms and member of the Chamber of Deputies, Emanuele Fiano. It is important to denounce and fight the policies of the PD, a party that is forging policy in Italy in favor of the banks and vested interests, in the service of imperialism and Zionism. In the guise of squadristi, the PD took to the streets on April 25 not to commemorate the 70 th anniversary of the Liberation, but to escort the Zionists. It thus came as no surprise to us that the agents of the PD escorted the Zionists in the Jewish Brigade like guards from a private security agency that escort armored cars. A‘ pretty sum’, Zionist capital, that is flooding the election campaign of this freemasonry, in which the presence of prominent exponents such as Emanuele Fiano acts as the protector of the‘ treasure’ like a bank director protects the vault.”( July 24, 2015)
• Anti-Semitism against Emanuele Fiano. A page on Facebook urges people to boycott Radio Popolare after it broadcast an interview with Emanuele Fiano, deputy of the PD:“ Emanuele Fiano is a Zionist,” writes the author, Francesco Giordano, previously sentenced to 21 years in prison for the killing of Walter Tobagi, and a supporter of the Palestinian cause,“ representing the right wing of the PD, a racist( immigration detention) party of warmongers.” Another user subscribing to the initiative wrote:“ To further his career [ Fiano ] would wash himself with soap made from his relatives.”( July 31, 2015)
Anti-Zionist or prejudicially anti-Israeli discourses are aired in various milieux, not all necessarily extremist. They include broad segments of the Movimento 5 Stelle( who often express their anti-Zionism in the terms of conspiracy theorists), the SEL [ Ecology and Freedom Party of the Left ], members of the PD aligned with the pro-Palestinian factions, and individuals from various political groupings with a Catholic background.
Particularly significant are statements by former Prime Minister and former President of the European Commission Romano Prodi in a long interview with the newspaper Il Fatto on December 1 st:“ The Israeli-Palestine conflict is the mother and origin of all wars, but as long as Netanyahu is leading the government in Israel peace is impossible.”
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