“The Italian government took note of the refusal of the flotilla to deliver the aid in a neutral port. To the Italian participants who wanted to stop in Greece and continue safely for Italy or other destination, Italy will offer assistance where required. For those who continue the journey with the flotilla, the initial notice remains valid, published on www.viaggiaresicuri.it, that the initiative is not recommended. risks and under his personal responsibility “. It reads in a message sent by Farnesina to the Italian participants at the Flotilla per Gaza.
“The presence of a unit of the Italian Navy is aimed at ensuring where necessary the application of the rescue law at sea for any humanitarian needs. In no case can it be a defense or offense factor for the flotilla on the military level against Chicchessià, concludes the message.
Bonelli: “The government leaves the flotilla, unacceptable”
“The government leaves the flotilla will not defend the peaceful boats from the assault of drones in international waters. This is an unacceptable decision, which bends Italy to yet another violence that violates international law”. This was stated in a note Angelo Bonelli, deputy of the Verdi and left alliance and Co-Portavoce of Europe Verde, regarding the message sent by Farnesina to Italian participants in the Flotilla for Gaza after the refusal of mediation.
Having contributed to the failure of the mediation proposal for the Flotilla. It is the accusation that the oppositions, both openly and the Record, move to the premier Giorgia Meloni who from New York revealed the negotiation, in which the president of CEI Matteo Zuppi was also engaged, to deliver the aid of the 40 boats in Cyprus. “Whoever wants to blow up the mediation is Meloni” because when it comes to “the reserve is desirable”, says the leader of Avs Angelo Bonelli in the room of the room.
“Is the flotilla spite the government? Meloni comes out of Megalomania “and stops” dividing the nation “, the secretary of the Democratic Party Elly Schlein points out. At the mediation of Cyprus he would have worked not only the executive but also the opposition parties, who have them on board the flotilla, and Schlein in the first person. “Meloni made that announcement from New York, with those tones, and sent everything to roll,” reports a parliamentary source close to the dossier.
In the corridors of Montecitorio there is no mention of anything else: of the risks that those who are on board boats and how to stem them. “There are 5 days of navigation,” is the refrain: other solutions will be sought. But the road is narrow and the lunge made by the premier against the mission “deteriorated the climate”, show sources of Pd and M5s. Very different – many remark – the attitude of Minister Guido Crosetto during the information: more “conciliatory” in tones and content.
As Matteo Renzi also points out by talking about a “perfect” defense minister unlike the premier. Crosetto, after the intervention in the classroom, stops to speak both in the Chamber and in the Senate with exponents of PD, M5S and AVS. And some of them reported in bad moods of the same minister as mediation would have been managed. However, a feeling that does not find confirmation in environments close to the defense dicastery. The premier and the minister, always in close contact these days, have been seen in the afternoon at Palazzo Chigi – we learn from parliamentary sources of the center -right – to take stock of the situation on the matter. Meanwhile, the political clash between majority and opposition feeds day by day. Next Thursday in the classroom the communications of Minister Antonio Tajani on Gaza are planned and in this context on the resolutions the parliamentary battle seems inevitable.
The center -right, by voice of Meloni herself, has announced a document that aims to a conditioned recognition of the Palestinian state with at least two posts to which the League would like to add a third. The premier spoke of the return of the Israeli hostages and Hamas’ exclusion from any form of government in the strip; The Northern League would also like to insert the recognition of the state of Israel by the Palestinian state.
On the other hand, Pd, M5S and Avs are working on a unitary resolution. The objective of the dem would be widening even more the perimeter of the subscribers, but “without watered down” the text that “must contain clear commitments” and “clear”. So it is possible that a three -way initiative remains and that Action, Italy Viva and more Europe present separate documents.