Children's strike in Udine: The organizer responds to accusations from Rosolen and Fedriga.
WATCH THE VIDEO REPORT. The pro-Gaza "children's strike," organized this morning in Piazza Primo Maggio, Udine, attracted approximately 300-400 participants. Among them were many students of various ages and parents, some from the province. This was an unexpected number, even for the two organizers, who launched the flash mob through word of mouth and effective word-of-mouth on social media and WhatsApp.
The demonstration, explains Vanina Trojan, a 43-year-old lawyer from Udine, was born out of a desire to send a message of peace and comfort to Palestinian children and parents. The idea was launched by her eldest son, who asked her what she could do to say "No to war."
Given the low turnout for the school strike on September 22nd, the two parents, along with another father, Giorgio Parisi, launched the idea of a "Children's Strike." "We must understand that children also have their own ideas and have the sacrosanct right to express their thoughts," the organizer began.
"This was an independent initiative, which did not involve any school," Trojan clarifies, deeming the reprimand issued in the press by Education Councilor Alessia Rosolen to be unmentionable. Two passages in particular are particularly painful to read: "Involving children is making them complicit in the provocations carried out by the Global Sumud Flotilla" and "anti-Semitic demonstrations."
"It was a morning of joy and solidarity. Linking it all to the flotilla is extremely reductive. Furthermore, no one ever spoke about the state of Israel during the demonstration, only peace. Insinuating connections with anti-Semitic ideologies is profoundly unjust and wrong," concludes the co-promoter, rejecting President Fedriga's accusations of "exploitation."
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