Opposition parties in Italy called on the country's government andEuropean Union To take steps to ban arms exports to Israel and recognize the State of Palestine.
Leader said “5 Star Movement” Giuseppe Conte said, “After the attack on the bases where there are Italian soldiers belonging to the mission UNIFIL (In Lebanon) Israeli tanks are now storming UN bases.”
He wondered: When will people open their eyes and decide to stop the war crimes committed by the Israeli Prime Minister's government? Benjamin Netanyahu? Wasn't the systematic destruction of Gaza and the Palestinian people over 12 months enough? Wasn't the invasion of Lebanon, the deaths, and the attacks on our bases enough?
Conte confirmed that they had put this situation on the agenda months ago. He called on the Italian government and European institutions to go beyond words regarding the arms embargo and economic and trade sanctions on Israel.
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He stressed the need to “stop Netanyahu's madness and take serious decisions to impose a ceasefire and…The two-state solution…For the sake of Israel and Palestine.”
In turn, the leader of the main opposition party in Italy, Elie Schlein, called on the Prime Minister Georgia MeloniTo join the proposal to stop arms exports to Israel, put forward by Spain and France.
Schlein stated that they asked the Italian government to take a decision on recognizing the Palestinian state.
It is noteworthy that Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7, 2023, which has so far led to the fall of more than 42 thousand martyrs and about 100 thousand wounded, most of them women and children, in addition to the destruction of infrastructure and the displacement and starvation of the population.
Weeks ago, Israel expanded the scope of the war and began launching violent air strikes on Lebanon and penetrating its territory, resulting in the deaths of more than 1,300 people and the displacement of residents of many cities and villages in the south of the country.