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Celebration of 75 Years of Israeli-Italian Relations in the Italian Senate
On February 28, the Transatlantic Friends of Israel (TFI)-Italy Chapter, an AJC project of cross-party, interparliamentarian lawmakers, and the Israeli embassy in Rome organized a panel discussion in the Italian Senate celebrating 75 years of diplomatic relations between Rome and Jerusalem. The panel, moderated by Benedetta Buttiglione, Deputy Director of the AJC Transatlatic Institute, featured TFI parliamentarians from five political parties: Senator Lucio Malan, President of the Brothers of Italy Group in the Senate, Senator Marco Scurria (Brothers of Italy), Chair of the TFI-Italy Chapter, Senator Mariastella Gelmini (Action), Former Minister of Regional Affairs and Autonomies and Vice-President of TFI Italy, Senator Giulio Maria Terzi di Sant'Agata (Brothers of Italy), Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sen. Stefania Craxi (Forza Italia), Hon. Enrico Borghi (Italia Viva), Hon. Piero Fassino (Democratic Party), Hon. Paolo Formentini (Lega Nord), Former Minister of Justice, and Hon. Andrea Orsini (Forza Italia). H.E. Alon Bar, Israeli Ambassador to Italy, completed the panel.