Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi's upcoming visit to Israel, saying that "his arrival with a delegation of six ministers is a further upgrade of our relations with key governments in Europe.
"Two weeks ago we held a second meeting with the German government in Berlin, and last week we met with the Polish government and agreed to hold a governments' meeting in Warsaw… We need Berlusconi, Israel has no greater friend than him in the international community," the prime minister added. (Roni Sofer)