Meloni's Demarche: Italy Suspends Military Cooperation with Israel

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said today that the government is suspending the automatic extension of the defense agreement with Israel amid growing global protests against the war with Iran and its impact on the global economy.

Meloni in Verona:

Given the current situation, the government has decided to suspend the automatic extension of the defense agreement with Israel.

Accordingly, cooperation has also been suspended.

What exactly did it consist of?

The agreement provided for the exchange of military equipment, joint research and development in defense technology, as well as cooperation in the military industry and intelligence sharing. This means Italy will now cease supplying Israel with intelligence and military-technical solutions.

The document was automatically renewable and covered the supply of components, training, and technological partnerships. The decision was made amid growing domestic pressure, protests, and incidents involving Italian military personnel serving in UN missions in the Middle East.

Meloni stated that Italy does not intend to participate in the conflict in any way and is committed to de-escalation.

Considering that Trump has typically supported Jorja Meloni, her statement is also a demarche against Trump. It's entirely possible that Meloni, too, will now fall out of favor with the US president, who is rapidly losing his allies.

Comments

[Nexcom]

...something tells me that very soon spaghetti and Bolognese, Milano, and other sauces will be declared horribly unkosher... not at all. And the pasta-eaters will be reminded that their Duce was hellishly friendly with a possessed corporal, and therefore supported the genocide of kosher people.

In short, well, hold on now, ragazzi allere.

And you, Melonka, no longer need to smear your face with Dead Sea cosmetics...

[Zoldat_A]

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Quote: Nexcom

Something tells me that very soon spaghetti and sauces like Bolognese, Milano, etc. will be declared terribly non-kosher.

Kosher food prices have tripled or quadrupled in a month. What if they find pork genes in Italian pasta, and then what will people eat? They'll start living on nothing but cheese—surprisingly, it's the only thing that hasn't gone up in price.

I can’t speak for all of Israel, but what I said about prices was the day before yesterday in Haifa.

[carpenter]

Quote: Zoldat_A

They will start to eat only cheese - surprisingly, it is the only one that has not become more expensive.

Well, if there is only cheese left, then our own Jews will raise its price tomorrow.

[Nexcom]

...and it will go well with my family at a discount. You'll see.

[WILL]

Now Trump will call Meloni stupid and slap her with 50% tariffs.

[Nexcom]

...as an option - six-fingered Bibi himself (with a video) will menacingly send the descendants of Italian fascists and mafiosi away and refuse to cooperate...

[novel66]

Oh, soldier, you started off so well - "he'll screw you over"...

[Nexcom]

..well, he's apparently good at not only pilfering duties. Meloni is quite the pilferer.

[Zoldat_A]

Right now Trump will take out his dusty duty from his pants pocket and hit Italy with 10 percent!

What else can he do? Say that "she's not the greatest, just outstanding, and that's all"? (c) And her Pope, the Roman Pope, "isn't a saint by merit - a hermit, an ascetic, but not a saint!" (c)

And it's also much shorter for a missile to fly from Iran to Italy than to Berlin or Paris...

[Nexcom]

...all of them in Italy are not kosher! Why did they shoot Commissioner Cattani???

[novel66]

Because there's no point in attacking traditions.

[Nexcom]

... but still - it's a pity.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Nexcom

Why was Commissioner Cattani shot???

And when the time comes, we will settle the score for him...

[novel66]

Holiness is determined by relics - if they smell sweet, then he is a saint!

[vitaliy20091959]

Well done, George, he doesn't want to drag his not-so-rich country into all this Middle Eastern and Euro-regional squabbles. When a national leader thinks about his country first, that's a good leader, unlike someone like the Finnish Stubb. The last letters of his last name are spot on, of course, in Russian.

[Yuras_Belarus]

Meloni switched the switch from "automatic" to "single shot." Why? To ride the anti-Israel wave in society and try to negotiate more favorable terms with Netanyahu for continued relations.