Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced the suspension of the defense agreement with Israel. “Given the current situation, the government has decided to suspend the automatic renewal of the defense agreement with Israel,” Meloni told reporters on the sidelines of a visit to Verona. Yesterday, Rome conveyed the message to Jerusalem through a letter from the Italian defense minister to Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz. Sources in Israel said that “this is not a security agreement, but rather a memorandum of understanding that had no real substance. There is no practical significance to the decision.”
