Posted on 02/12/2009 9:49:55 PM PST by Ooh-Ah
We didn’t expect what you see in this 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 last night from 6:30 to 9:30 pm. What you cannot see here, is the extraordinary number of members of Parliament, about 100 from all political sides, that took the stage during this time: for about three hours we were speaking about the role of Israel, its right to self defense, its moral height, its fight on behalf of us all, 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 with anti-Semitic slogans, we have achieved a huge consensus on one critical point: this is not a local conflict, there is nothing in it that reminds us of a peace theme that has characterized the Palestinian issue. This is an attack against the western world, and Iran is behind it.
The change of attitude is great: the terrorist and religious nature of Hamas and the democratic, civilized nature of Israel are seen face to face for what they really are at 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 slaughter of Jews in its charter.
What happens today, at least in Italy, is the defeat and fall of the leftist ideologies: ideology that has allowed justification of 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 so with Hamas.
History, in Italy, has brought to a profound crisis the ideology of revolution and the justification of any cruel attack against a so-called unjust imperialist order. That time is over, nobody will see Hamas as the resolution of the problem and not even as the problem itself. I think that the word “peace” has lost that healing meaning that it once had. 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 it hopes for the defeat of Hamas.
Last night, many people, Ministers and Members of Parliament, composed a very new, interesting mix 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 Haniyeh, that deny the holocaust and promise death to Jewish and Christians alike, you are left only with disgust. Westerners, thank God, can still be disgusted by uncivilized levels 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.
Fiamma Nirenstein
Fiamma Nirenstein, a journalist and some-time resident of Jerusalem, is a new Member of the Italian Parliament who is outspoken on Israel’s behalf. She writes below that there is increasing understanding of what Israel is facing in its current war against Hamas.
That is anti scriptural about being Israeli in spirit only.
Gal 3:29 says “if you are in Christ Jesus, you ARE Abrahams seed (sperm)” so therefore all of Abrahams seed through the line of Isaac and Israel are Israelites. Welcome to your ancient family.
Orianna Fallaci would be ecstatic to see her countrymen and women taking a stand for truth.
I hope Fabrizio Quattrocchi is looking down from heaven with satisfaction that his death was not in vain, that he played a role in the resurgence of the Italian spirit and mind.
God Bless Italy and the Italians.
I'm going for my Italian passaporte.
PING!
“Color me suspicious. How did the real Italian press respond to this?”
You are correct to be suspicious, I watch the Italian news every morning and every evening; so far not a peep!
This is great to hear...
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Fiamma Nirenstein's home page and
Israel day, Italian MPs united in defence of democracy
Also, the date this occurred should be about January 16th, according to more links...
Iran, Syria, and Saudi Arabia are the real problem. They are the ones pulling the strings in “Palestine.”
finally some good news out of Europe. Thanks.
and thanks Fiamma Nirenstein and the late great Falacci.
Wait a minute . . . does this mean the Commies in the Italian Parliament are changing sided again?
Nailed it!
Good to see a decent Roman resurgence of backbone.
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"What happens today, at least in Italy, is the defeat and fall of the leftist ideologies: ideology that has allowed justification of 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 so with Hamas."
So as Italy rejects the Leftist ideology, our Country embraces it!
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Dugg!
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These Italians get what Israel and Muslims are all about ...... meaning that Jews are a pain in the butt and hard to deal with..... but Muslims are a 1000x times worse.....
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