Fiamma Nirenstein resignation of Israel’s ambassador to Italy – The Messenger

Fiamma Nirenstein, former lawmaker of the PDL, announced tonight that resignation of Israeli ambassador to Italy. so close, nine months after the indication of Benyamin Netanyahu intention to appoint Ambassador Nirenstein in Rome instead of Naor Gilon, a story shaken from its beginning when, within hours of news, both of Rome’s Jewish Community leaders is the same chief rabbi of the capital Riccardo Di Segni raised many eyebrows.

“I am convinced – then said Netanyahu – who Nirenstein will succeed in making deeper relations between Israel and Italy, a country our closest friend.” But the controversy did not stop, especially on the part of the liberal Israeli newspaper Haaretz. In recent months, Nirenstein – who has long since left Italy and moved to Israel taking Israeli citizenship – has chosen not to comment on any of the action, proceeding in the administrative phase before taking office, including the go-ahead of the Commission on Civil servant of Jerusalem.

This afternoon, the former journalist and the PDL Italian Parliamentary had – according to what has been learned – an interview with the Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dore Gold, after which came his announcement . “I informed the – wrote Nirenstein Prime Minister in a note – I have decided to withdraw my candidacy as ambassador of Israel in Italy for personal reasons.” “I thank the Prime Minister for his trust in me and I want to express my willingness to continue to contribute to the State of Israel to the best of what I can.”

A few weeks ago sources of Palazzo Chigi had denied in a rather dry rumors reported by Haaretz that the same Renzi asked with “a confidential message” to Netanyahu to “reconsider” the choice of Nirenstein. In that article he remembered the inappropriateness reported by the Italian Jewish community, and it was argued that the ministries of Foreign Affairs and the Italian Defense had expressed concern for the “apparent conflicts of interest” of Nirenstein. Starting from the fact that it was the Parliamentary Assembly of the PDL and “now serve as an ambassador of another country” and that, even in this position, “would continue to receive a salary from the government,” Italian. In addition, as Vice President of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Chamber, Haaretz claimed that Nirenstein was “the current state secrets” and recalled that “his son Italian working in intelligence.”

A few days later, the new thrust of the newspaper Haaretz in which he took out a piece of 1996 in which Nirenstein, then sent a journalist in the Middle East, referred to in terms unflattering Sarah Netanyahu, wife of the Prime Minister to ‘era in his first term.

Tonight Netanyahu’s office still a qualified source reiterated Ansa agency that choosing Nirenstein keeping a purely personal reasons and denied any’ message ‘by Renzi to the Israeli premier. However, it is the second appointment that Netanyahu, both as prime minister and as a holder of Foreign Affairs, sees vanish, though for different reasons: the first was to Dany Dayan, former head of the settlers, as ambassador to Brazil for the ‘ opposition of Brasilia; the second, in fact, is that of Nirenstein in Rome.