Matteo Salvini

Italian Senator Matteo Salvini says that relocating the embassy would be the “moral, cultural and politically obvious thing to do.”

“No tolerance for any form of violence, physical or verbal. Football must be an occasion of celebration and communion, not for fighting or confrontation,” Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini tweeted.

U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters that while the results have yet to be final, “it looks like Bibi has won that race … I think we’ll see some pretty good action in terms of peace.”

Italian Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvnini visited Israel recently, where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed him as a “great friend of Israel,” despite the Italian Jewish community’s outcry over his far-right policies and anti-migration views.

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini began his trip in the Jewish state touring Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, where the IDF has uncovered cross-border attack tunnels built by Hezbollah.