Italian PM Georgia Meloni met her Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu to express solidarity with the Israeli people. Netanyahu sought Italy’s support in defeating the Hamas, saying it is the new ISIS. Meloni said that Israel had the right to defend itself.

Italian PM Georgia Meloni Meets Netanyahu

Italian PM Georgia Meloni met her Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu to express solidarity with the Israeli people. Netanyahu sought Italy’s support in defeating the Hamas, saying it is the new ISIS. Meloni said that Israel had the right to defend itself. However, she also cautioned that Israel should be able to defeat the Hamas in a way that would show that we are different from terrorists, hinting that civilian casualties in the war must be minimised.

Calling on the Italian PM, Netanyahu said, “We have to defeat this barbarism,” adding that this battle is between the forces of civilization and “really monstrous barbarians who murdered, mutilated, raped, beheaded, and burned innocent people, babies, and grandmothers.” Now they know it’s actually worse than ISIS, as President Biden said, and Chancellor Scholz said that Hamas are the new Nazis. The world united to fight the Nazis. The civilised world united to fight ISIS.

And now, the civilised world should stand with us as we defeat ISIS. This is our goal.” Earlier, US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak also visited Israel, amid the ongoing retaliation to the November 7 terror attacks, which have, so far, claimed more than 1,400 lives.

Meloni Urges International Community Not To Fall Into Hamas “Trap”

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Saturday that the international community must avoid an escalation in the war between Israel and Hamas and set a roadmap towards the two states solution. Meloni made the remarks while speaking in Egypt at the Cairo international summit for peace in the Middle East as Israel prepares a ground assault on Gaza following Hamas attack that killed 1,400 people.