Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani spoke to parliament about the situation in Gaza amid mounting Western criticism of Israel, which invaded the Palestinian territory after the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks by Hamas on its southern communities.
Italy has been a vocal supporter of Israel but there has been growing unease within the right-wing coalition government over the relentless and long-running military campaign.
“The bombing must end, humanitarian assistance must resume as soon as possible, respect for international humanitarian law must be restored,“ Tajani told a heated debate in the lower house of parliament.
“The levels of political, moral and intellectual squalor that all of you, Italian and European ruling classes, are reaching, will condemn you as those who are complicit in extermination, genocide and inhuman crime,“ said Riccardo Ricciardi, a lawmaker from the 5-Star Movement.
But he reiterated that Italy was against displacing Palestinians from Gaza, an option U.S. President Donald Trump proposed earlier this year and which was swiftly rejected by Arab countries.
He reiterated that Italy might be prepared to take part in an eventual Arab-led peacekeeping mission in Gaza.
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