Fruktar Italiens judar en hård framtid med Meloni som valsegrare?

Roms stora synagoga

Times of Israel tog i veckan upp ämnet. De flesta italiensk-judiska språkrören vägrar uttala sig. Det gjorde också Noemi di Segni, som leder Union of Italian Jewish Communities. Hon hänvisade istället till sitt officiella Rosh Hashana-budskap, som publicerades söndagen före vale. Times of Israel skriver:

For now, few Italian Jewish leaders are speaking out about the election results. Some of them — including the president of the Jewish community of Rome Ruth Dureghello and the president of the Jewish community of Turin Dario Dario Disegni — declined to comment to JTA.

So did Noemi di Segni, president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities. She instead referred JTA to her official Rosh Hashanah message, published on Sunday before the election.

In that message, she offered a plea to the victors of the looming election.

“We ask [our elected leaders] to address the issue of hatred and antisemitism in a united manner. You don’t pick a piece of ‘Jewish hatred’ or ‘Israeli hatred’ and defend it with a flag of political prowess,” Di Segni wrote.

She added a warning that could be seen as applying to both Meloni and the Italian Jews di Segni represents.

The number of Italian Jews is estimated to be around 24,000, the majority of whom are concentrated in the communities of Rome and Milan.

“The memory of the Shoah, the responsibilities of Fascism, and the existence of Israel as a light among the nations are one and the same; they are not isolated issues that can be discussed as if the rest were superfluous or could be denied,” Di Segni wrote. “If our values are neglected due to a lack of interest or to benefit the individual’s interests or the interests of a specific party, the risk is really high. It will not be enough to say ‘let’s see’ and ‘let’s hope.’”