“I receive crazy threats, which I have ignored for years,” Segre said during an event at the Shoah Memorial in Milan.
“But I have seen everything, how can I be afraid to leave the house?
“I always say that I have lived in vain,” she continued.
“I went to schools for 30 years to talk about what had happened, to find myself at 94 years of age being told ‘be careful, stay at home’.
“I like living, I am active, I have many passions.
“Should I stay at home because someone wants to kill me? No.”
Segre has expressed “terrible sadness” at the “ghastly atmosphere” triggered by the brutal and unprecedented attacks by Hamas against Israel on October 7 and Israel’s response in Gaza.
Speaking at the same event, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said anti-Semitism can feed forms of terrorism.
“Since October 7 we have had a 1000 per cent increase in reports of hate sentiment,” he said.
“We’ve raised the barriers, but the feeling of anti-Semitism can fuel forms of terrorism,” continued the minister.
“I notice that in the public discussion there is a certain underestimation.
“Denying someone the right to speak or assaulting a Jewish target is the wrong thing to do.
“Any action that conceals a revival of anti-Zionist and anti-Semitic sentiments must be rejected by all.”
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