«Gaza would have been bombed»

PORCIA – Un message against The Israeli Prime Minister appeared on one of the walls of the nursery school in via Vittorino Da Feltre. To discover the act of vandalismmade with a spray canwas a school worker who then reported the incident to the school representative, who raised the alarm. The writing reads: «In Gaza “Adolf” Netanyahu bombs kindergartens like this. 15 thousand children killed. 4 thousand mutilated. 400 schools destroyed. Stop the genocide». The teachers were surprised, also because There are no children of Israeli or Palestinian origin enrolled in the facility. Mayor Marco Sartini stated that the Municipality will file a complaint against unknown persons for acts of vandalism. In the morning the Radiomobile Carabinieri carried out an inspection and, subsequently, it was decided to also contact Digos. The case is being investigated by investigators from the Operational Unit and the Information Unit. In the street where the nursery school is located there are no camerashowever the images from other video surveillance systems will be evaluated in an attempt to identify vehicles or people who may have had something to do with the defacement of the wall.

THE MATRIX

What is worrying is not so much the act itself but its ideological matrix. «Whoever makes such a decision – declared Marco Sartini – that is to show up there after hours, and therefore at night, to jump the fence and write that kind of message, he must have organized himself. It doesn’t look like the work of bored kids. It must be a group that travels around the area and has decided to act in Porcia. At the moment I don’t feel like saying that it’s the fault of the kids walking under the arcades. This is obviously political propaganda». It’s not the first time such acts of vandalism have happened, but it’s the logistics behind this event that make the mayor suspicious. The time at which the event occurred, the choice of place, the length of the writing and its content would betray clear premeditation. «If two 12 or 13 year old kids do graffiti, as happened on the walls of Villa Correr Dolfin, it is a fact that I consider serious, but they are girls motivated by boredom or the desire to do something strange. However, in this case the writings have a precise political connotation. In my opinion, this is the issue that the police will have to evaluate.”

THE DAMAGE

Mayoral candidate Mario Bianchini, supported by the opposition forces, declared: «It is correct to protest and express disapproval of all wars, an unfair means of solving humanity’s problems. But it is necessary to adopt the right methods otherwise the risk is not to obtain the desired effect of solidarity, but the opposite effect. Partial message because it is unilateral, wrong place, because damage to Roraipiccolo does not save an asylum in Gaza, counterproductive method, because vandalism does not fuel the progress of dialogue.”

THE PARENTS

In Porcia there are no precedents for anti-Semitic writings on walls and, at least for the moment, there is no news of similar events occurring in nearby municipalities. Furthermore, according to the mayor, there are no tensions with residents of foreign origin, about 10% of the population. The children’s parents’ reaction to the event was monitored. There would seem to be a clear intent to let it remain an isolated case and not degenerate into acts of emulation.

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