\u201cDefending the freedom of religion is one of foreign policy\u2019s loftiest tasks: with the protection of religious freedom, we affirm the primacy of law and security. Conversely, the absence of religious freedom brings with it instability,\u201d said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, during his meeting with the Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee, David Harris, and with representatives of Jewish Associations, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am sincerely concerned by the spread of antisemitism and religious-based violence and intolerance. We cannot tolerate intolerance,\u201d specified Alfano, who recalled having opened last July an Observatory on Religious Freedom in the World and the Respect of Religious Freedom. \u00a0\u201cWe must not confuse the freedom of expression with the freedom to spread hate because history has already taught us too many tragic lessons,\u201d the minister added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIsrael is our ally and I count also on your friendship to strengthen the bilateral relations between our two Countries, especially through the contacts between our civil societies. Today, Italy and Israel share a mission: they are the modern champions of democracy, pluralism, human rights and tolerance in the Mediterranean region,\u201d concluded Italy\u2019s chief diplomat.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cDefending the freedom of religion is one of foreign policy\u2019s loftiest tasks: with the protection of religious freedom, we affirm the primacy of law and security. Conversely, the absence of religious freedom brings with it instability,\u201d said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, during his meeting with the Executive Director of […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[43,76,26],"class_list":["post-28457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comunicati","tag-diritti-umani","tag-ministri-precedenti","tag-onu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}