From the Glass Palace, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, Giorgia Meloni relaunched the Italian position on the Palestinian issueThe Prime Minister declared that the majority will present a bill to Parliament motion for the recognition of the State of PalestineBut with two essential premises: the release of Israeli hostages still in the hands of Hamas and the exclusion of the Islamist movement from any governing dynamic in the Gaza Strip.
These words, supposedly intended to mark a turning point, leave Italy once again among the lowest in Europe, while over 150 countries have already taken the step, including France, Spain, and even San Marino.
Meloni: "Recognition of Palestine is conditional on hostage release."
Meloni explains her reasoning starting from a fixed point. "Personally, I continue to consider that the recognition of Palestine in the absence of a state that has the requisites of sovereignty it does not solve the problem, does not produce tangible results for the Palestinians – explains Meloni – “After that, it is said that recognition can be an instrument of political pressure: that's fine, but we need to understand whoI think the main political pressure should be applied to Hamas, because it is Hamas that started this war and it is Hamas that is preventing the war from ending by refusing to hand over the hostages."
Hence the move of the motion in the Chamber, "the majority will present in the Chamber a motion to say that the recognition of Palestine must be conditional on the release of the hostages and the exclusion of Hamas from any governing dynamic. I think such an initiative could find support even among the opposition; it certainly won't find it among Hamas or the Islamist extremists, but it should find it among people of common sense."
Schlein replies: “It's a joke.”
An appeal destined to fall on deaf ears. The secretary of the Democratic Party, Elly Schlein, he responds bluntly: “It’s a joke. Either you recognize Palestine, as France, Spain, and the United Kingdom have done, or you don’t. This is not the time for sleight of hand.”
Even harder Giuseppe Conte, who called it a "shabby expedient" and "obscene hypocrisy," said: "Recognizing Palestine is a formal but also symbolic act. Either you do it or you don't. Our government continues to stand by Netanyahu while the Palestinian population risks disappearing."
Recognition of Palestine: Rome increasingly isolated
Meloni's move comes as the the international community seems to be running in the opposite directionMacron has already announced Paris' official recognition, following Madrid and London. Rome and Berlin remain at a standstill, with a position that oscillates between diplomatic prudence and fear of internal rifts.
But this The half-step strategy doesn't convince anyoneIt irritates the opposition, fails to enthuse the majority, and is not enough to avoid European isolation. Perhaps the only one who stands to gain is the prime minister, who is trying to hold together the governing alliance and appear "responsible" on the international stage.
