Ambasciatrice di Israele a Roma: Fiamma Nirenstein rinuncia all'incarico
Fiamma Nirenstein ha rinunciato
all'incarico di prossimo ambasciatore israeliano a Roma. La decisione è
stata comunicata in una lettera al premier Benyamin Netanyahu.
"Ringrazio il primo ministro - ha scritto Nirenstein in una nota - per la sua fiducia in me. Voglio esprimere la mia volontà di continuare a contribuire allo stato di Israele al meglio delle mie possibilità".
Nirenstein oggi pomeriggio ha avuto un lungo colloquio con il direttore generale del ministero degli esteri israeliano Dore Gold, al termine del quale si è avuta la notizia della sua rinuncia, rilanciata su twitter da Barak Ravid, giornalista di Haaretz.
La notizia arriva tre settimane dopo la rivelazione dello stesso giornale, secondo cui l'ex giornalista nel 1996 aveva scritto un articolo ferocemente critico nei confronti della moglie del primo ministro Netanyahu, Sarah.
La giornalista ed ex parlamentare italiana era stata indicata lo scorso agosto dallo stesso Netanyahu come prossimo ambasciatore a Roma. Ma la designazione a molti non è piaciuta. Nei mesi scorsi, ad esempio, secondo la ricostruzione di Haaretz, i vertici della comunità ebraica romana avrebbero sottolineato al presidente israeliano Rivlin in visita nella Capitale che la nomina della Nirenstein "avrebbe potuto creare problemi' perchè la giornalista, ex parlamentare Pdl, appare identificata in Italia con posizioni di destra, un impedimento con l'attuale governo italiano.
Nirenstein - che si era trasferita in Israele negli ultimi anni prendendo la cittadinanza - è stata anche vicepresidente della Commissione affari esteri della Camera per il Pdl.
Il mandato dell'attuale ambasciatore di Israele in Italia, Naor Gilon, scade entro quest'anno.
Benjamin Netanyahu has been fighting for the apportionment of Fiamma Nirenstein, a former Italian MP, despite the local Jewish community's opposition. Criticism…
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"Ringrazio il primo ministro - ha scritto Nirenstein in una nota - per la sua fiducia in me. Voglio esprimere la mia volontà di continuare a contribuire allo stato di Israele al meglio delle mie possibilità".
Nirenstein oggi pomeriggio ha avuto un lungo colloquio con il direttore generale del ministero degli esteri israeliano Dore Gold, al termine del quale si è avuta la notizia della sua rinuncia, rilanciata su twitter da Barak Ravid, giornalista di Haaretz.
La notizia arriva tre settimane dopo la rivelazione dello stesso giornale, secondo cui l'ex giornalista nel 1996 aveva scritto un articolo ferocemente critico nei confronti della moglie del primo ministro Netanyahu, Sarah.
La giornalista ed ex parlamentare italiana era stata indicata lo scorso agosto dallo stesso Netanyahu come prossimo ambasciatore a Roma. Ma la designazione a molti non è piaciuta. Nei mesi scorsi, ad esempio, secondo la ricostruzione di Haaretz, i vertici della comunità ebraica romana avrebbero sottolineato al presidente israeliano Rivlin in visita nella Capitale che la nomina della Nirenstein "avrebbe potuto creare problemi' perchè la giornalista, ex parlamentare Pdl, appare identificata in Italia con posizioni di destra, un impedimento con l'attuale governo italiano.
Nirenstein - che si era trasferita in Israele negli ultimi anni prendendo la cittadinanza - è stata anche vicepresidente della Commissione affari esteri della Camera per il Pdl.
Il mandato dell'attuale ambasciatore di Israele in Italia, Naor Gilon, scade entro quest'anno.
Benjamin Netanyahu has been fighting for the apportionment of Fiamma Nirenstein, a former Italian MP, despite the local Jewish community's opposition. Criticism…
haaretz.com
The choice of former Italian MP Fiamma Nirenstein as Israel’s next ambassador to Rome has been controversial up to now primarily due to opposition from the Italian Jewish community and various Italian government ministries. Now, it appears that comments that Nirenstein wrote in the past as a journalist who covered Israel for Italian media outlets might also cause displeasure in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bureau.
In an article she wrote in 1996 and appeared on Nirenstein’s official blog site she relates to the prime minister’s wife, Sara Netanyahu, in the harshest terms. Criticism of this sort is almost never voiced even in the Israeli media, which generally don’t hold back when it comes to the first lady. [UPDATE: An hour after the story was published in Haaretz, Nirenstein removed the post from the website.] In the article, written in Italian under the title “A monster dressed up as the first lady – Is the prime minister’s wife right for the job?” Nirenstein related a number of alleged incidents involving Sara Netanyahu’s conduct in the initial months of Benjamin Netanyahu’s first term as prime minister in 1996.
Nirenstein noted that Sara Netanyahu was trying to compare herself to former American first lady Jacqueline Kennedy and was making use of her own family for political purposes, exposing her children to the camera, a common practice in American politics. “Not only is she not on that level, but in so doing, she is running the risk that her choice will backfire on her,” Nirenstein wrote.
Nirenstein also quoted remarks purportedly made by two childcare staff people who worked in the Netanyahu household at the time. “They recount terrible incidents of miserliness and obsessive neurosis inside the Netanyahu home,” the Italian journalist wrote at the time.
After describing several other examples in which Sara Netanyahu was allegedly involved during that time, such has threatening mothers whose children pushed her sons in kindergarten, Nirenstein asked, referring to the first lady also by her maiden name: “Is it possible that Sara Ben-Artzi Netanyahu is really such a monster? Is it true, for example, that when a toothbrush cup broke, she summoned the renovator of the Israel Museum, who couldn’t believe what he was hearing, and asked him to fix it and to give her a 50-shekel ($13) discount?”
The Netanyahu's playing in the snow at their home in 1998.Ya'acov Saa'r / GPO
Further on in the article, Nirenstein was even harsher: “Fulfilling the role of first lady requires you to be at least a bit like the inventor of the genre, Eleanor Roosevelt,” a reference to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s wife, who became first lady in 1933. “It appears that, even if she recently received a degree in psychology, Sara is not like that,” Nirenstein continued. “They say that mainly she isn’t fond of women and always speaks about them as enemies or as stupid and that she objected to the appointment of Limor Livnat to the new cabinet,” a reference to the female communications minister in Netanyahu’s first cabinet.
Prime Minister Netanyahu announced the appointment of Nirenstein as Israeli ambassador to Rome back in August of last year. Nirenstein, 71, worked for years as a journalist. Between 2008 and 2013, she was a member of the Italian parliament affiliated with the right-wing party of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. She was also deputy chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Italian parliament.
Haaretz reported on Sunday that Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi recently conveyed a discreet message to Netanyahu asking him to reconsider Nirenstein's appointment. At a briefing of diplomatic reporters Netanyahu denied received such a message.
An Israeli source said that the message from Renzi was conveyed after his office realized the problems that could arise if Nirenstein became ambassador. Italy’s Jewish community was unhappy with the choice, and the Italian foreign and defense ministries opposed it.
A senior official at the Foreign Ministry said last week that Nirenstein's appointment was approved by the Civil Service Commission and will be brought in the next few weeks before the cabinet for approval.
Barak Ravid
Haaretz Correspondent
read more: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.715418
In an article she wrote in 1996 and appeared on Nirenstein’s official blog site she relates to the prime minister’s wife, Sara Netanyahu, in the harshest terms. Criticism of this sort is almost never voiced even in the Israeli media, which generally don’t hold back when it comes to the first lady. [UPDATE: An hour after the story was published in Haaretz, Nirenstein removed the post from the website.] In the article, written in Italian under the title “A monster dressed up as the first lady – Is the prime minister’s wife right for the job?” Nirenstein related a number of alleged incidents involving Sara Netanyahu’s conduct in the initial months of Benjamin Netanyahu’s first term as prime minister in 1996.
Nirenstein noted that Sara Netanyahu was trying to compare herself to former American first lady Jacqueline Kennedy and was making use of her own family for political purposes, exposing her children to the camera, a common practice in American politics. “Not only is she not on that level, but in so doing, she is running the risk that her choice will backfire on her,” Nirenstein wrote.
Nirenstein also quoted remarks purportedly made by two childcare staff people who worked in the Netanyahu household at the time. “They recount terrible incidents of miserliness and obsessive neurosis inside the Netanyahu home,” the Italian journalist wrote at the time.
After describing several other examples in which Sara Netanyahu was allegedly involved during that time, such has threatening mothers whose children pushed her sons in kindergarten, Nirenstein asked, referring to the first lady also by her maiden name: “Is it possible that Sara Ben-Artzi Netanyahu is really such a monster? Is it true, for example, that when a toothbrush cup broke, she summoned the renovator of the Israel Museum, who couldn’t believe what he was hearing, and asked him to fix it and to give her a 50-shekel ($13) discount?”
The Netanyahu's playing in the snow at their home in 1998.Ya'acov Saa'r / GPO
Further on in the article, Nirenstein was even harsher: “Fulfilling the role of first lady requires you to be at least a bit like the inventor of the genre, Eleanor Roosevelt,” a reference to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s wife, who became first lady in 1933. “It appears that, even if she recently received a degree in psychology, Sara is not like that,” Nirenstein continued. “They say that mainly she isn’t fond of women and always speaks about them as enemies or as stupid and that she objected to the appointment of Limor Livnat to the new cabinet,” a reference to the female communications minister in Netanyahu’s first cabinet.
Prime Minister Netanyahu announced the appointment of Nirenstein as Israeli ambassador to Rome back in August of last year. Nirenstein, 71, worked for years as a journalist. Between 2008 and 2013, she was a member of the Italian parliament affiliated with the right-wing party of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. She was also deputy chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Italian parliament.
Haaretz reported on Sunday that Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi recently conveyed a discreet message to Netanyahu asking him to reconsider Nirenstein's appointment. At a briefing of diplomatic reporters Netanyahu denied received such a message.
An Israeli source said that the message from Renzi was conveyed after his office realized the problems that could arise if Nirenstein became ambassador. Italy’s Jewish community was unhappy with the choice, and the Italian foreign and defense ministries opposed it.
A senior official at the Foreign Ministry said last week that Nirenstein's appointment was approved by the Civil Service Commission and will be brought in the next few weeks before the cabinet for approval.
Barak Ravid
Haaretz Correspondent
read more: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.715418
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