The Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reiterated Italy’s position on the crisis in the Middle East, taking a clear but balanced line: firm condemnation of Hamas’ attacks, but also an increasingly explicit criticism of Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip.
“We have not shared several choices and we do not share the recent proposals of the Israeli government,” Meloni said during the Premier Question Time in the Chamber of Deputies, responding to an Angelo Bonelli question, a representative of the Verdi-left alliance. “And we did not fail to tell our interlocutors,” he added, emphasizing, however, that “it was not Israel who started hostilities”.
Meloni evoked the “inhuman Hamas attacks” and “cruelty aimed at hostages”, and then moved on to a wider reflection on responsibilities and diplomatic horizons. “In recent months, on several occasions, I have heard Prime Minister Netanyahu. They were often difficult conversations,” he said. “I have always recalled the urgency to find a way to end hostilities and respect international law and international humanitarian law”.
The premier spoke of the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, which he called “increasingly dramatic and unjustifiable”. According to sources close to Palazzo Chigi, Meloni has intensified contacts in recent weeks with the main actors of the region, in an attempt to find a diplomatic solution that can bring out the area from the spiral of violence. “I am convinced, on the basis of the numerous conversations that I had with the leaders of the Region, that one can work on a political and regional security framework capable of ending the conflict,” he said.
At the center of the Italian proposal is explicit support for the reconstruction plan advanced by some Arab countries. “It is towards this goal that the government continues to commit itself,” said Meloni, “working with the leaders of the region, with our European partners, with the United States”.
The Italian approach, wanted to clarify the president, is based on An “open, Franco, if necessary critical” dialoguebut not on diplomatic breaks. In response to requests for part of the opposition to withdraw the Italian ambassador from Tel Aviv, Meloni reiterated: “It is not in the intention of the Italian government to recall the Italian ambassador in Israel”.
The announcement: “13,500 law enforcement agencies to enhance security”
«I am happy to announce that the government has ordered the sending of over 13,500 units between carabinieri, policemen and financiers to enhance safety in the territories, to which are added about 3 thousand firefighters. We will help those who help us, protect those who protect us and defend those who defend us, because it is what a right and normal state does, “said the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, to the Premier Question Time in the Chamber.
The clash with Giuseppe Conte
«President Meloni last March 6 in the European Council gave the first fundamental yes to a plan for expenses up to 800 billion in fact to re -enter Germany. And thanks to another of his yes, Italy has a noose around the neck and must cut everything through weapons “this” will prevent us with a European defense project, this was useful “but she” gave priority to weapons compared to the emergencies of citizens and businesses that continues to disavow: why did he get fooled in Europe twice? ” He asked for the leader M5s Giuseppe Conte in his question to Prime Minister Time on Resto.
«I address an appeal to all colleagues: a sign of humanity donate it. We silently condemn this extermination, let’s stand up, “said the leader M5s Giuseppe Conte in the classroom in the Chamber by inviting a gesture of parliamentarians for Gaza. The oppositions got up. “It remains sitting, shame!” He said turning to Meloni.
“Mr Count I am very fascinated by his overwhelming antimilitarist passion that no one had had the opportunity to appreciate when he was president of the Council, I don’t remember it with the same line when he signed Covid in the middle of Covid and with a national health fund with 18 billion less than the increase in military expenses today”. So Meloni replied. “It is not the same person – he adds – it will have been one of the many other Giuseppi that we have seen in recent years”.