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Fiano Resumes Ca’ Foscari Talk Under Heavy Security, Says Gaza ‘Genocide’ Requires Court Ruling

Italy’s education minister framed the tightly policed event as a stand for open debate on campus.

Overview

  • Emanuele Fiano returned to Venice’s Ca’ Foscari University to complete a discussion halted on October 27, speaking alongside Minister Anna Maria Bernini and the university’s rector.
  • Outside the venue, student groups protested behind police cordons as officers secured the area around the main building and nearby Campo Santa Margherita.
  • Fiano argued that describing Israel’s Gaza operations as genocide should depend on a judicial finding, noting the International Criminal Court’s ongoing probe without a genocide judgment.
  • He reiterated support for a two‑state solution, affirmed Israel’s right to exist, backed a Palestinian state, and said Hamas must be disarmed as a condition for peace.
  • Bernini condemned threats and a prior P38 gesture directed at Fiano, stressing that universities are not exempt from the law and that speech must be protected without intimidation.