In the following video an Italian journalist interviews various culture-enrichers in Naples, beginning with Imam Amar Abdallah, to learn their opinions on the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
Many thanks to HeHa for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes and RAIR Foundation for the subtitling:
Video transcript:
| 00:09 | Imams keep taking a clear stance. After Pisa and Florence today we have come to Naples | |
| 00:17 | to try to talk to Imam Amar Abdallah, who said very harsh words | |
| 00:26 | about Israel. Watch this video. | |
| 00:29 | Enough America! Enough Israel! We must not display the Israeli flag | |
| 00:35 | on the buildings of Italian authorities. —Let’s try to talk to the Imam. | |
| 00:41 | Hello, Imam. A few days ago you said that it is shameful to hang the Israeli flags | |
| 00:49 | on our institutional buildings. | |
| 00:53 | [Israelis] attack children, women. How can we support people who | |
| 01:01 | have a flag that is stained with the blood of children and women? | |
| 01:05 | Even though Hamas is committing crimes against civilians, against women, against children. | |
| 01:10 | Let’s not compare them with people who are being the resistance for their own country, | |
| 01:16 | which is a right for all human beings. | |
| 01:20 | So, are you calling the attack of Hamas “resistance”? | |
| 01:23 | Hold on. They attacked the hospital, even the hospital of Batiza. | |
| 01:28 | Apparently it was hit by Hamas’ rockets, not Israel’s. | |
| 01:32 | This is a lie, as they have done before. | |
| 01:35 | So you believe that the hospital was hit by Israel? | |
| 01:39 | There is no doubt. | |
| 01:42 | Don’t you think that extremist stances like that of Hamas risk fueling | |
| 01:47 | crazy gestures of lone wolves, of people like the man in Brussels? | |
| 01:51 | Don’t be worried. —We don’t have to worry? | |
| 01:55 | I tell you why: we live here, too. If they attack Europeans, | |
| 02:00 | we will be in the middle too. —Why can’t you say “we condemn Hamas”? | |
| 02:06 | If they were committing an injustice, we would condemn them. But, if they are doing justice, | |
| 02:11 | why should I condemn them? I am sorry. | |
| 02:18 | This is the center of the Islamic community of Naples. | |
| 02:24 | Today is Friday and is the day of prayer, a very important day for the | |
| 02:29 | Muslim community. | |
| 02:34 | Do you agree with the imam? —Israel bombed first. | |
| 02:38 | Hamas attacked Israel; it wasn’t the opposite. —No. | |
| 02:42 | Why not? —Israel has been doing that for years. | |
| 02:46 | So Palestine is defending itself, basically? —Yes, defending itself. | |
| 02:50 | You won’t condemn Hamas, will you? —No. They are not on their land! | |
| 02:53 | Why can’t you condemn Hamas? | |
| 02:56 | We can’t condemn them. —They are killing children, women. | |
| 03:01 | Do you want me to say that Israel is right? | |
| 03:05 | They are right, my a**! |
“Don’t be worried. —We don’t have to worry?
01:55 I tell you why: we live here, too. If they attack Europeans,
02:00 we will be in the middle too.