Premier Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday
warned of the risk of copy-cat acts of terrorism after last
weekend's attack by Hamas on Israel.
"We must intensify the protection of Jewish citizens, including
on our territory, because the risk of emulation of the criminal
acts by Hamas could reach us here," Meloni said after visiting
the Great Synagogue of Rome.
"So I am here to say that we will defend these citizens from all
forms of anti-Semitism.
"Clearly the aim of this visit is to show solidarity to the
Roman and Italian Jewish community because, in the terrible
scenes coming from Israel, there is something more than what one
sees in a normal, yet tragic, war scenario.
"There is hatred towards an entire people in the hunting down of
civilians, house-to-house, in the rounding up of children and
young people.
"Defending Israel's right to exist and defend itself is also
about defending these young people, these children, these
women".
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