By The Associated Press: Rome gives honorary citizenship to Gilad Shalit
Talkback
Title:Why?
Name:Paul
City: State:
It doesn´t make any sense to honour a member of a militant group that has just be accused of war crimes by Amnesty International, just because he has been caught on the wrong side of the fence. Why not confer the same honour on any of a number of Hamas militants abducted by Israel? Amnesty International accused them of war crimes too, so they must be at least as worthy in Italian eyes.