The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, headed by former Foreign Ministry Director General Dore Gold, hosted on Monday a panel on Operation Guardian of the Walls and the reactions in Europe.
In the course of the event, one of the participants, Senator Matteo Salvini, the leader of the Italian League Party and one of Italy's most senior leaders, announced that he would distribute the text of the Hamas Charter to his fellow members in the Italian Parliament and the European Parliament so that they would understand the terrorist organization's intentions in its war against Israel and its ambition to spread Islam around the world.
Salvini stressed that he would work to boycott the upcoming Durban Conference, as is the United States and Canada. "This is an anti-Semitic committee that does not deal with the issue of human rights at all," he said.
The panel also hosted Hungary's ambassador to Israel, Levente Benko, who condemned Hamas' firing of rockets at Israel, stressing that Hungary backed Israel's right to defend itself and that Hungary had blocked the EU's joint declaration against Israel during the military operation.
The Hungarian ambassador confirmed that Hungary would also boycott this year's Durban Conference.
