Hamas must be eradicated says Salvini

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 11 - Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini said on Tuesday that Hamas needs to be eradicated before anything else.
    Speaking during a visit to Jerusalem, the League party leader also noted that any hope for peace in the Middle East and in Ukraine existed thanks to the new administration of US President Donald Trump.
    Salvini said he discussed the latest development and future prospects during a meeting with Israeli Premier Benyamin Netanyahu.
    "I find it singular that some media outlets put Trump and Hamas on the same level, even saying that Trump's words could slow down peace, according to claims made by Hamas", the minister noted.
    "I am horrified that the statements of a terror organization, the eradication of which is the precondition for any other consideration, are put on the same level with the words" of the president of the United States, said Salvini. "If there is any hope for peace here" in the Middle East "and at the Russian-Ukrainian border, it is thanks to the new Trump administration.
    "We don't say this as vassals but as interested observers and co-protagonists of what is going on", Salvini added. (ANSA).