Italian Parliament for Israel
giovedì 15 gennaio 2009 English 6 commenti
Dear friends,we didn’t expect what you see now in the picture. This is the square of the Italian Parliament in Rome, Piazza Montecitorio: you can see the Palace on top of the square, and in front a lot of Israeli flags.That was Wednesday night, January 14, from 6,30 to 9,30 pm. What you cannot see here, is the extraordinary number and variety of members of the Parliament, about 100 from all political sides, that took the stage during our marathon: for about three hours we have been speaking about the role of Israel, its right to self defense, its moral height, its fight in name of all of us, of our civilization and values, against the wild hate of the Islamic jihad represented by Hamas. It seems to me that for the first time in the too long history of the arab Israeli conflict, apart from a minority of crazy leftists and fascists that took the street on anti-Semitic slogans, we have obtained a huge consensus about one critical point: this is not an episode of a local conflict, there is nothing in it that reminds the land for peace theme that has characterized the Palestinian issue. This is an episode of the attack agains the western world, and Iran has a lot to do with it.
The change of attitude is great: the dictatorial religious nature of Hamas and the democratic, civilized nature of Israel are seen face to face for what they are al least by the European elite at large, dead and wounded notwithstanding, and there rises an identification with Israel against a regime that uses human shields and promises slaughters of Jews in its Chart.
What happens today, at least in Italy, is the defeat and fall of the leftist ideologies: ideology has been the fig leaf that has allowed to justify all the most violent crimes and most disgusting verbal attacks. If Arafat launched the terrorist Intifada, if he promoted the martyrdom of children in public speeches, the ideologists were ready to justify him with the issues of occupation, the Palestinian misery and loss of any hope. Not the same with Hamas. History, in Italy, has brought to a profound crisis the ideology of revolution and the justification of any cruel attack against a pretended unjust imperialist order. That time is in good part over, nobody will see Hamas as the resolution of the problem and not as the problem itself. I also think that the word “peace” has lost that healing meaning that it had until yesterday. The new non-ideological point of view sees that there is no peace when one of the contenders doesn’t want it, and that even if the world in the short run asks for a truce, in the long run requests a defeat of Hamas.
Well, yesterday night many people, Ministers and Members of Parliament, composed a very new, interesting puzzle of opinions. I think that when you are not overwhelmed by exotic thirdworldism, the images of children educated as hate machines, the speeches of jihad leaders, from Ahmadinejad to Nasrallah, to Hanje, that deny the holocaust and promise death to Jewish and Christians too, have on us a result of great disgust. Westerners, thanks God, can still be disgusted by an uncivilized level of political speech.
But most of all, in the Parliament square, many of the Parliament Members said: “I love Israel”. You can’t imagine how many.
domenica 1 marzo 2009 02:46:48
Grazie. I have sent your beautiful message to many.
Alfredo , Italia
sabato 14 febbraio 2009 12:32:10
Fiamma, I write this so those in English could read and understand my point... Not only should Italian Parliament be for Israel but the entire European Union... Infatti, Israel should and must be a member of this union... Israel is more worthy to be part of the European Union than Turkey like that Germany had its hands stained with innocent blood. If UEFA recognises Israel as part of the European group of nations to compete for the European Cup or even the World Cup why cannot all of Europe welcome in the only true European democracy in the Middle East to the European Union. For you Israel hating muslims in this world, do not forget it was Israel that supported the Islamic Bosnian Serbs who were being slaughtered by that ruthless Serbian dictator and war criminal during the 1990s. And when the Kurds were being persecuted by Saddam Hussein Israelis on their own did all they could do to save and aid these poor people during their flight for survival. And aren't the Kurds muslim too?? You vicious critics or haters of Israel, learn from her wisdom.
Mr.G Nevo , ISRAEL
domenica 8 febbraio 2009 21:01:30
Thank you very much , Mrs Fiamma Nirenstein . Your are great !We all love you , G.Nevo Israel
Ariella , Los Angeles
martedì 27 gennaio 2009 21:42:26
Thank you for this excellent article. Conflicts, no matter how harsh, die down in time as people get on with their life. For conflicts to remain alive and deadly someone in whose interest it is, must keep feeding the hatred by spreading lies on both sides. Who are these people, then, who keep the mid-east war going? I nominate the barbaric rulers of Arab nations who live as emperors and enslave their population with cruel and inhumane laws, and deny their citizens education and living wages. To the long-enslaved Arab population, even death seems more desirable than living in despair without hope. To prevent their people from organizing a revolt against them, the Arab rulers point their fingers over there, look at those Jews, they are your enemies. The very simple truth is that there will be peace the moment the Arabs ("Palestenians") stop shooting.
Yael Alon , Herzelia, Israel
lunedì 26 gennaio 2009 17:25:27
Thank You, Ms Nirenstein for your vote for humanity!
Shaul Vardi , Jerusalem
martedì 20 gennaio 2009 08:20:06
Shalom,I disagree with the overall tone of your message and many of your positions. That's fine, of course - you don't need permission from me to express your perspective. I was sad, though, that you saw fit to include the phrase "dead and wounded notwithstanding." Those four words are the only oblique reference in your article to hundreds of dead children. Even if all the arguments you make in the article are true, I would have hoped you could find the humanity and the courage to include a different reference to the human life lost. In peace from Jerusalem,Shaul