Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, visited the Church of the Nativity, in the West Bank City of Bethlehem, today and held a joint press conference with Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas.
Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, visited the Church of the Nativity, in the West Bank City of Bethlehem, today and held a joint press conference with Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas.
During the press conference Prime Minister Berlusconi was questioned by a journalist regarding his thoughts on the separation wall that annexes parts of the West Bank to Israel, and his feelings towards the approximately 1,400 Palistinians that died during Israel’s Operation Cast Lead in Gaza.
In response to the wall, Berlosconi claimed that he had not seen it, as he had been focusing on his notes for the conference.
It should be noted that Prime Minister Berlusconi had to pass through the 9 meter high wall to enter Bethlehem.
With regards to those killed in Gaza, Berlusconi stated,
“As it is right to cry for the victims of the Holocaust, it is right to express sorrow for the Palestinian victims.’
