Memorial Day, Segre: ‘Gaza cannot be used against this day’

Rome, 27 January (LaPresse) – “If you ask me whether Gaza can be discussed on Memorial Day, I would say that of course it can. The universal value of the lessons learned from the Shoah leads us to always reflect on the tragedies and crimes that still plague the world. We can and must talk about Gaza, Iran, Ukraine, Venezuela, Sudan and everything that offends humanity and calls into question our responsibility as citizens of a global world. The problem is another: Gaza cannot be used against Remembrance Day, to try to obscure it, to fuel or allow obsessive attempts to trivialise, distort or reverse the Shoah’. These were the words of Senator for Life Liliana Segre during the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Quirinale in the presence of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella.