Nationalist League party leader
Matteo Salvini on Wednesday urged the government, which the
League supports, to take a firm position in favour of Israel in
the ongoing conflict with the Palestinians and condemn "Islamist
violence".
A League statement said the anti-migrant former interior
minister "has been receiving hundreds of threats and insults on
social media since yesterday after expressing solidarity with
Israel".
Salvini said: "More than 1,000 missiles against Israel,
deafening silence on the part of European institutions, the UN
and too many governments on the Islamist violence.
"A propos, I expect a firm condemnation of this aggression also
from the Italian government.
"Long live Israel which is defending its right to exist, long
live peace and co-existence between people".
The violence escalated into a full-blown crisis Wednesday, and
dozens of people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes and
Palestinian rocket barrages, while violent protests have erupted
in mixed Jewish-Arab towns.
At least 48 Palestinians including 14 children were killed in
Israeli airstrikes while at least six Israelis were killed by
rockets launched by militant group Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
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