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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

Liliana Segre

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaks during a final media conference at the G7 in Borgo Egnazia, near Bari in southern Italy, June 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File)
July 3, 2024, 7:00 pm
Italian PM condemns her far-right party’s youth wing for glorifying fascism
Giorgia Meloni says ‘no space for racist or antisemitic position’ in Brother of Italy after news investigation revealed young members praising Mussolini and yelling ‘Sieg Heil’
By AP
Holocaust survivor, Senator Liliana Segre chairs the opening session of the Italian Senate of the newly elected parliament, October 13, 2022. (Gregorio Borgia/AP)
October 13, 2022, 3:49 pm
Holocaust survivor opens Italian Senate as far-right prepares to govern country
In emotional speech, Liliana Segre recalls discrimination she faced in past, urges civilized debate, as Brothers of Italy, which has neo-fascist roots, set to lead government
By Nicole Winfield
Women wear signs with writing in Italian that say "Welfare is not the same for all," left, "It's not a woman's job," second from left, "Men advance; childbirth is not their problem," and "I don't have children but to be discriminated it's enough to be a woman," right, during a demonstration in front of the Finance Ministry on International Women's Day in Rome, March 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File )
September 28, 2022, 3:37 pm
Italian women and LGBTQ advocates raise the alarm after far-right election win
Activists warn that Giorgia Meloni, who ignored plea from Holocaust survivor to change party’s fascism-linked symbol, will promote ‘white, patriarchal and heterosexual nation’
By Frances D'Emilio and Trisha Thomas
Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre speaks with young students on the occasion of an Holocaust remembrance, at the Arcimboldi theatre in Milan, Italy, January 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
November 22, 2021, 1:26 pm
Italian anti-vax lawmaker refers to Holocaust survivor by number inked on her arm
Amid outrage, Fabio Meroni of far-right Lega Nord party apologizes after first trying to explain away his remarks about lifetime senator Liliana Segre, who supports vaccination
By ToI Staff
Liliana Segre speaks at a ceremony in Milan, Italy, honoring the rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust, March 5, 2021. (Alessandro Bremec/NurPhoto via Getty Images/JTA)
April 8, 2021, 12:51 pm
Italian lawmaker and Holocaust survivor, 90, gets constant anti-Semitic threats
Liliana Segre, a ‘senator for life,’ has been sounding the alarm about divisions within Italian society for years, has had police protection since 2019
By Cnaan Liphshiz
File: Pope Francis does the sign of the cross during his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, May 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
November 13, 2019, 6:12 pm
Pope blasts ‘inhuman, un-Christian’ rebirth of anti-Semitism
‘Jews are our brothers,’ Francis declares amid furor in Italy over ongoing harassment of 89-year-old senator and Auschwitz survivor Liliana Segre
By AP and ToI Staff
Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre speaks with young students on the occasion of an Holocaust remembrance, at the Arcimboldi theatre in Milan, Italy, January 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
November 10, 2019, 4:15 pm
Rivlin expresses ‘horror’ at death threats against Italian Holocaust survivor
In letter to Liliana Segre, a senator-for-life who received security detail following online anti-Semitic threats, president invites her to Israel
By ToI Staff and AP
Matteo Salvini, leader of the League party, speaks at the party's rally in Pontida, northern Italy, September 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
November 8, 2019, 4:18 pm
Italian far-right leader denies downplaying threats to Holocaust survivor
Matteo Salvini asks why death threats to Liliana Segre get more attention than those against him, calls being anti-Semitic ‘the stuff of the mentally ill’
By AFP
Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre speaks with young students on the occasion of an Holocaust remembrance, at the Arcimboldi theatre in Milan, Italy, January 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
November 7, 2019, 6:18 pm
Holocaust survivor in Italy gets police guard due to threats
Israeli envoy to Rome says assignment of security detail to Senator Liliana Segre underlines ‘the danger that the Jewish communities in Europe still are facing’
By AP and ToI Staff
Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre, file (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
November 7, 2019, 11:17 am
200 online attacks a day: Auschwitz survivor is symbol of anti-Semitism in Italy
Battle over Senator Liliana Segre’s call for committee to combat racism highlights politicians’ role in what observers say is growing boldness in anti-Semitic attitudes
By Colleen Barry
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