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Auschwitz Survivor Becomes Symbol of Tensions in Italy

Associated Press

   MILAN - An 89-year-old Auschwitz survivor who is a senator-for-life in
   Italy unwittingly provoked one of the country's most intense
   confrontations with anti-Semitism since the end of its Fascist
   dictatorship during World War II.

   In response to revelations that she is subject to 200 social media
   attacks each day, Liliana Segre called for the creation of a
   parliamentary committee to combat hate, racism and anti-Semitism.
   Parliament approved her motion, but without votes from Italy's
   right-wing parties.

   Matteo Salvini's euroskeptic League party, Silvio Berlusconi's
   center-right Forza Italia and Giorgia Meloni's far-right Brothers of
   Italy all abstained, in a move that defied the kind of social consensus
   that has marked Italian post-war politics.