Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Massimo su Haaretz

Eh, lo so. Ha ragione Namib, io magari esagero. D' altronde io lo considero 
il politico italiano piu' intelligente fin da quando era il mio segretario 
della FGCI e mi trovai alla festa di Citta' Futura a Ravenna a partecipare a 
un dibattito con lui, esattamente trenta anni fa in questi giorni. Intendo 
dire che non e' una infatuazione estiva, ma l' amore di una vita.
Se non altro e' uno che dice le stesse cose a Tel Aviv come a Beirut come a 
Washington e a Roma. Non sono nemmeno sicuro che ce lo meritiamo, un 
ministro degli esteri cosi' bravo.
Last update - 12:28 25/08/2006
Italian FM: Harsh U.S. approach to Mideast failed
By Meron Rapoport, Haaretz Correspondent
ROME - If the planned multinational force in Lebanon succeeds, it might be 
possible to create a similar force for the Gaza Strip, Italian Foreign 
Minister Massimo D'Alema said in an interview with Haaretz.
D'Alema said that America's aggressive approach to the Middle East, which 
Israel shares, has failed, and has caused serious damage. Now, he said, 
Italy and Europe must prove to Israelis that only international intervention 
can bring them security.
D'Alema is considered the driving force behind Italy's decision to 
contribute 3,000 soldiers to a beefed-up UN Interim Force in Lebanon 
(UNIFIL), thereby making it the largest western contributor to the force.
But the Italian foreign minister, who met with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni 
in Rome on Thursday, said that the multinational force can only help the 
government of Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah. This matter "essentially depends" 
solely on the government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, he said, and will 
certainly not be done through force.
He also claimed that it would be "simplistic" to describe Hezbollah solely 
as a terrorist organization. "Were Hezbollah merely a small terrorist group, 
it would not enjoy the support of so many Lebanese," he said. "Even Tzipi 
Livni says that if Hezbollah becomes a political organization, this will be 
a success, and I agree with her."
D'Alema is president of the Democrats of the Left, and was also a senior 
figure in the party's earlier incarnation as the Communist Party. Many on 
the Italian right and in Italy's Jewish community view the party as hostile 
to Israel, particularly in view of the great support that Israel received 
from former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.
The Italian foreign minister's views are clearly not supportive of the 
Israeli government. Nevertheless, he expressed concern for Israel during the 
interview.
"We are sending our soldiers to Lebanon and endangering their lives out of 
love for Israel. We have no interests in Lebanon; this is supposed to be a 
step that creates peace. And that is in Israel's interest," D'Alema said.
D'Alema said that it is still unclear whether Italy will head the bolstered 
UNIFIL, but it is already clear that it will be a leading contributor with 
its 3,000 soldiers. The decision to deploy the force enjoys overwhelming 
support among the Italian public, and in the parliamentary Foreign Affairs 
Committee, it won across-the-board support.
Analysts explain that the Italians are pleased with the fact that D'Alema 
has managed to turn Italy into a central player in the international arena.
"Moreover, we're taking about involvement in Lebanon, which is nearby. This 
is not Afghanistan, which is so far away that no one understands what we are 
doing there," an official in the Italian Foreign Ministry explained.
Nonetheless, D'Alema is trying to make sure that Italy is not alone in 
Lebanon. At an emergency European Union meeting in Brussels today, D'Alema 
hopes a decision will be made to add at least 5,000 European troops to 
UNIFIL. On this point, Italy's hopes are shared by Israel.
Analysts say D'Alema understood the United States cannot mediate in Lebanon. 
The French are hesitant, the British are considered too pro-American, and 
the Germans do not want to get involved in a delicate situation. He is 
therefore pushing for Italy to take advantage of the vacuum.
What, in your view, would be considered a success for the multinational 
force in Lebanon?
"Success would be the active presence of international and European 
diplomacy in the region, a presence that has been missing for many years. 
Europe has not counted for too much in the Middle East, and Israel has 
always related to it suspiciously. The Arabs thought that Europe hands out 
money, but for the important things, one must turn to the Americans. If, 
with the assistance of a UN and European presence, a positive process begins 
in Lebanon - the country is stabilized and the fundamentalist threat is 
removed from Israel's borders - that will show people in Israel that the 
international community can be efficient, that Europe can be efficient. Such 
a process would prove to Israel that it can ensure its security better 
through the politics of peace than through war. The main problem is that in 
Israeli politics, peace and security are two different, often contradictory 
things."
And the current crisis proved, in your view, that the U.S. on its own cannot 
guarantee such security?
"This is obvious to me. The American policy, which Israel also supported, 
created an impossible situation. Just a few years ago, they foretold the 
demise of the UN. I recall that on the day Baghdad fell, Richard Perle wrote 
that along with Baghdad, the UN also fell. The thinking was that it is 
possible to control the world via the power of a hegemonic liberal power. 
This philosophy has created serious damage, and now the U.S. is looking for 
a logical way out."
D'Alema disagrees with Israel's description of Hezbollah as a terrorist 
organization: "An organization that has 35 members of parliament and three 
ministers cannot be described solely as a terrorist group. Hezbollah is not 
considered a terrorist group by the European Union, nor in my personal view. 
Hezbollah is a military organization, but also a force that participates in 
elections. The paradox is that we support Siniora, a democratic leader, and 
Siniora lauds Hezbollah as the defender of the Lebanese homeland. It is 
important to understand the complexity of the situation, because if you have 
a simplistic view of the enemy, you deal with him incorrectly."
Does this mean that UNIFIL and the Italian soldiers will not attempt to 
disarm Hezbollah?
"This essentially depends on the Lebanese. If the government of Lebanon 
wants to, it is certainly possible, and we must encourage the government of 
Lebanon. We cannot act against the will of the Lebanese government. 
Hezbollah's disarmament is not only Israel's demand, it is also Lebanon's, 
because a democratic country cannot be sovereign if it does not have a 
monopoly over the army."
There was talk in the past about deploying a multinational force to the Gaza 
Strip as well.
"The idea of sending UN troops to the Gaza Strip is currently being aired. 
But I think that if things go well in Lebanon, a similar positive process 
could also begin in the Gaza Strip: the release of [kidnapped soldier Gilad] 
Shalit, a Palestinian unity government that meets the criteria set by the 
international community, and the presence of a UN force to bolster the 
Palestinian government."


Non preoccuparti di esternare il tuo amoore, c'è chi lo bilancia col
disgusto di sentire il proprio ministro degli esteri definire una forza
"non terrorista" la merdaglia integralista governante il sud del Libano!

"non terrorista" la merdaglia integralista governante il sud del Libano!
Ma chi, Bondi? Non ti preoccupare, e' solo geloso

Jonathan Pine ha scritto:
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Ma no anche gentaglia come me ad esempio