Solidarity for Jewish ex-MP stopped from speaking at university

Israel

Higher Education Minister Anna Maria Bernini was among the public figures to express solidarity for Emanuele Fiano, a Jewish former MP for the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) who was shouted down and prevented from speaking at a debate at Venice's Cà Foscari University on Monday by a group of pro-Palestinian protesters. "I tried in every way to continue, but they kept talking over me and telling lies about me," Fiano told ANSA. "The fascist principle they have in mind is that anyone who doesn'