Overview

• Albanese left La7’s InOnda during a segment where another guest invoked Senator-for-life and Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre’s view on the use of the term genocide for Gaza.
• She told Fanpage she would not extend a delayed appearance to debate with guests she judged unprepared and compared seeking a diagnosis from a survivor to consulting an oncologist.
• Albanese questioned Segre’s impartiality by citing emotional conditioning, while Segre and her family did not comment, according to the reporting.
• In a tweet, Albanese said she exited because Segre’s name was being used to deny genocide in Gaza and criticized an on-air commentator she described as a denier.
• Israeli ambassador Jonathan Peled and senior figures Antonio Tajani, Matteo Salvini and Ignazio La Russa expressed solidarity with Segre, as il Giornale reported, while the PD showed discomfort, Italia Viva criticized Albanese, and coverage recalled prior controversies and her remarks about public functional illiteracy.