From training Israeli colonels during the slaughter to protecting Israel at the UN, senior British figures should fear Article 3 of the Genocide Convention that criminalises complicity in mass killing, writes IAN SINCLAIR
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Meloni’s victory is depressing, but deeply limited
Its first woman leader is also the furthest right since Mussolini, and its once mighty far left has been wiped out in the elections — but just how much danger does this new situation represent for Italy and the world, asks NICK WRIGHT
(From left) The League's Matteo Salvini, Forza Italia's Silvio Berlusconi, and Brothers of Italy's Giorgia Meloni attend the final rally of the far-right coalition in central Rome, Thursday, September 22, 2022
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THE results of the elections to Italy’s parliament and senate make grim reading.
The right-wing alliance took a majority of the votes with Giorgia Meloni’s Fratelli d’Italia (FdI) on 26.1 per cent, having cannibalised much of its allies’ support. Lega, Matteo Salvini’s outfit, took just 8.9 per cent – down from 17 per cent – while former premier Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia limped in on 8.3 per cent, down from 14 per cent.
This new architecture on the right sets the scene for an internal challenge to Salvini’s leadership, while for Silvio Berlusconi mother nature’s clock is ticking away behind the Botox.
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