Exciting question and answer Half past eight (La7) between the former ambassador Elena Basile and the deputy director of the Corriere della Sera, Beppe Severgniniwho radically denies his interlocutor’s previous intervention.
“I am very confused by your words – begins the journalist – In Ukraine.” There is an attackerthis is Russia, and one attacked, this is Kyiv. Likewise, we have an aggressor, namely Hamas, and an attacked party, namely Israel. The latter has made many mistakes, but he has never done anything like this. We cannot and must not compare an imperfect democracy with a terrorist organization.”
And he adds: “It is clear that the government has made its mistakes Netanyahu Material provided Hamas. Israel He was wrong, and I point out that this can be said in Israel. PConsider going to Gaza, Ambassador, and declaring war on Hamas. Unless we assume that what we have seen is monstrous and untenable and say, “Yes, but,” we will make a mistake.”
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Elena Basile’s answer came immediately: “Arrogance and hubris cannot be justified with the theWest believes belong to one privileged civilization and into a garden besieged by the jungle. We have completed our historic journey. I would like to remind you of this Jews They were exterminated by a European power Germany. So, Let’s stop referring to Western democracies as a garden full of flowers and roses. It is not so. We have committed our crimes and the story is known to all. This opposition between democracy and regime is a false opposition because In international relations it is necessary to reconcile different and legitimate interests“.
Severgnini responds by reiterating his point: “Ambassador, democracy is a beautiful thing and autocracy and terrorists are a terrible thing.” You cannot put these things on the same level because some democracies, like Israel, have made mistakes. It’s serious. It can’t and shouldn’t be done, but are we kidding?”