Italian philosopher politician slammed as anti-Semite

IMG class=hide alt=”Italian philosopher politician slammed as anti-Semite” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wpid-4b5de1f389e0a26b0dee2f3841893977.jpg” (ANSA) – Rome, January 17 – An interview with an Italian philosopher and politician who expressed ”anti-Zionist” views on Friday sparked outcry from Italy’s Jewish community. PGianni Vattimo told Il Corriere della Sera in an interview published Friday that he is ”anti-Zionist, not anti-Semitic” and that he does not believe in ”the idea of a Jewish-Masonic plot”. The two-time European Parliament member said, however, that he believed the creation of “the state of Israel was the beginning of ruin”./PPVattimo added, “Let’s remember that the Federal Reserve is owned by Rothschild and Rockefeller”./PPIsraeli Ambassador to Italy Naor Gilon rebuked Vattimo in a letter, writing, “You think you express an anti-Zionist position, but in fact reveal yourself to be a true anti-Semite”./PP”You belong to the ranks of those people who are anti-Semite by definition, but maintain that they can hide behind the more politically correct definition of ‘anti-Zionist’,” Gilon went on, and invited Vattimo to participate in Holocaust Memorial Day in Italy on January 27./PP”I strongly advise you to participate in one of these (Holocaust memorial) events to learn something”. The president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities (UCEI) also condemned Vattimo./PP”Vattimo goes back to proudly claim his ravings of preconceived hostility at the existence of the state of Israel,” wrote Renzo Gattegna./PPGattegna called Vattimo’s comments “words of hatred that don’t add anything new and are accompanied by the squalid reproposal of anti-Semitic stereotypes”. Vattimo’s announcement that he was joining the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) on Friday was denied by the group’s leader, ex-comedian Beppe Grillo./PPGrillo said Vattimo was “neither a candidate nor proposable as a candidate”./P
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