Vita gazette – Amadeus underlined that hate speech was never expressed at the Sanremo Festival and stated, “Universal values ​​such as peace and freedom were expressed.”

Amadeus, guest of Porta a Porta. On Bruno’s programme, Amadeus responded to the Italian Israeli ambassador’s accusations regarding the Sanremo festival, saying that “in Sanremo they used hate speech.”

“Never promoted hatred in Sanremo”

“The Sanremo festival has never promoted hatred; it has always talked about inclusion, about freedom. And the singers who went on stage asked for an end to the war; they asked for peace.”

“There is a war that must be stopped”

“War on any side is to be condemned; there is no war on one side or the other. There is a war that must be stopped; any war in the world must be stopped.”

“We bring exactly the opposite”

“I would never have dreamed, nor the singers, of bringing hatred. We get precisely the opposite. The kids who come to the competition make messages and appeals for peace, freedom, ideas, thoughts, equality of skin, and values. Saying that in the history of Sanremo, without sounding presumptuous, in recent years, there has been a great sense of inclusion that must be respected and never changed. Otherwise, we’ll go back.”

Alon Bar, Israel’s ambassador to Italy: “The festival had been exploited to “spread hatred and provocation.”

Alon Bar, Israel’s ambassador to Italy, said the festival had been exploited to “spread hatred and provocation in a superficial, irresponsible way” after the appeal by Ghali.

Roberto Sergio, the chief executive of the state-owned broadcaster Rai, which airs the festival, expressed solidarity “with the people of Israel and the Jewish community”. He said the network’s programmes “recount the tragedy of the hostages in the hands of Hamas” every day and would continue to do so while remembering the 7 October “massacre”.

Ghali: “People are afraid to say stop the war, stop the genocide”

Asked to comment on Bar’s reaction, Ghali told the Rai talkshow Domenica In: “I have spoken about these issues since I was a child, not since 7 October. The fact that the ambassador speaks like this is not good. The policy of terror continues, and people are afraid to say stop the war, stop the genocide; we are living in a moment in which people feel that they are losing something if they say Long live peace.”

What message did they give at the festival?

On the festival’s first day, Dargen D’Amico appealed for a ceasefire in Gaza: “History and God, and they do not accept the silent scene.”

Dargen D’Amico appealed for a ceasefire in Gaza

“I dedicate this piece to my cousin Marta, who is now studying in Malta. Not all children are this lucky in the Mediterranean; there are children under bombs, without food and water. Our silence is co-responsibility. Ceasefire, history and God do not accept the silent scene.” This is the appeal launched on the Ariston stage by Dargen D’Amico. At the end of his performance with the song “Onda Alta” competing at the Sanremo Festival, the rapper, songwriter and producer wanted to dedicate a thought to the victims of the war between Israel and Hamas. In his song, among other things, he talks about the drama of migrants and all those people who risk their lives every day by travelling in search of a better future.

Eros Ramazzotto: “no more blood, no more wars. Peace!”

After Dargen D’Amico D’Amico launched an appeal for a ceasefire in Gaza, Eros Ramazzotto said: Launch an appeal for a ceasefire in Gaza. “Almost 500 million children are living in conflict zones, millions more who will never see the promised land: no more blood, no more wars. Peace! Our thoughts forever”.