Gad Lerner : Il “caso Sallusti” raccontato dal quotidiano israeliano Haaretz
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Il quotidiano israeliano “Haaretz” ha raccontato, in un articolo di Anna Momigliano, la controversia nata dalle dichiarazioni a Ballarò di Alessandro Sallusti. Il direttore del “Giornale”, e possibile candidato sindaco del centrodestra a Milano, ha spiegato nella trasmissione condotta da Massimo Giannini come sia necessario controllare le moschee in modo più efficace per contrastare il terrorismo, deplorando il fatto che l’Italia non abbia una legge che obblighi a tenere le omelie in italiano. Davide Piccardo, rappresentante della comunità islamica di Milano presente in trasmissione lo ha incalzato chiedendogli se proporrebbe la stessa misura anche per la religione ebraica. Sallusti gli ha risposto che sarebbe favorevole a una legge che vieti i rabbini dallo svolgere omelie o prediche in ebraico, pur permettendo le preghiere nella lingua originale. L’articolo di “Haaretz” riporta diversi commenti alle dichiarazioni di Alessandro Sallusti. Il deputato PD Emanuele Fianoè stato particolarmente duro, rimarcando come con le sue dichiarazioni “ignorati” il direttore del “Giornale” ha provato “a cancellare millenni di integrazione degli ebrei in Italia”. L’articolo di Anna Momigliano evidenzia come una commentatrice del “Giornale”, Fiamma Nierenstein, sia stata recentemente chiamata dal governo Netanyahu a fare l’ambasciatrice di Israele in Italia. “Haaretz” rimarca come l’Unione delle Comunità Ebraiche Italiane non abbia commentato pubblicamente le dichiarazioni di Alessandro Sallusti, anche se nella sua newsletter sono state definite bizzarre visto che nelle sinagoghe le prediche sono già tenute in italiano. Il pezzo riporta anche una dichiarazione di Gad Lerner, che spiega come le dichiarazioni del possibile candidato sindaco di Milano rappresentino la completa ignoranza della classe politica italiana in materia di minoranze. “Questa ignoranza sugli ebrei è molto frequente anche nella destra pro-Israele, anche se non so se questa gaffe danneggerà le sue prospettive politiche”. L’articolo si conclude con le affermazioni di Davide Piccardo, che sottolinea come se si continuano ad attaccare i musulmani non si possa far finta di essere amici degli ebrei.
Sallusti,
a rightwing pundit and presumed mayor candidate in Milan, says Italy
should ban Muslim preachers to speak Arabic... and Rabbis from preaching
in Hebrew. My report for Haaretz.
Ally
of former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi and possible right-wing
candidate for Milan mayor says only Italian should be used for sermons
in mosques, synagogues.
haaretz.com
An ally of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio
Berlusconi and presumed right-wing candidate in Milan's mayoral
elections has sparked outrage in Italy by suggesting that Arabic, Hebrew
and other foreign languages should be banned from sermons in mosques,
synagogues and all places of worship.
Alessandro
Sallusti – a popular pundit and editor in chief of the conservative
daily il Giornale, which is owned by Berlusconi's family – made the
suggestion on a talk show broadcast Tuesday on Italy's RAI state TV.
Berlusconi,
a media mogul who led four Italian governments and now heads the
conservative opposition, has said he wants Sallusti to be his
coalition's candidate in Milan's mayoral elections next year.
Sallusti was speaking on the talk show about Islamic extremism and the need to better monitor mosques.
"Unfortunately Italy doesn't have a law demanding that sermons be held only in Italian. But I hope we will get one," he said. A young representative of the Muslim community in Milan, Davide Piccardo, challenged him: "Would you also ban Hebrew from services in synagogues?"
"Unfortunately Italy doesn't have a law demanding that sermons be held only in Italian. But I hope we will get one," he said. A young representative of the Muslim community in Milan, Davide Piccardo, challenged him: "Would you also ban Hebrew from services in synagogues?"
Sallusti
replied that he would support a law forbidding rabbis from preaching in
Hebrew, although he said that prayers could still be uttered in their
original language.
"With his
ignorant remarks Sallusti has tried to erase millennia of integration
of Jews in Italy." Emanuele Fiano, a Jewish lawmaker for the center-left
Democratic Party who has also been floated as a mayoral candidate, said
in a telephone interview with Haaretz.
Sallusti
is considered close to Berlusconi and the paper he edits supports his
policies. Il Giornale is also well known for its pro-Israel views and
regularly features articles by Fiamma Nirenstein, a Jewish Italian
politician and former lawmaker in Berlusconi's coalition who moved to
Israel and was named by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the next Israeli ambassador in Rome.
The Union
of Italian Jewish Communities did not comment officially but ridiculed
Sallusti's words in its daily newsletter, calling them "bizarre,"
especially considering that most local rabbis already preach in Italian.
Gad
Lerner, a liberal Jewish writer and TV host, told Haaretz that
Sallusti's comments are "representative of the complete ignorance of
Italy's political class when it comes to minorities." Noting that "this
ignorance [about Jews] is very common in the pro-Israel right," Lerner
said that he is not sure whether the gaffe will harm Sallusti's
political prospects.
Piccardo,
the Muslim representative who debated Sallusti, told Haaretz his
reaction proved a point: "If you keep attacking Muslims, you can't
pretend to be friends with the Jews. Whether it's protesting against the
use of Arabic in mosques or halal meals in schools, anti-Muslim
arguments can easily become anti-Semitic ones."
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