As Akiva Eldar writes:
Only recently, their leader received a sharp political blow in the local and regional elections that took place in some of the Italian cities and councils, which were depicted by Berlusconi himself as a personal and political test of trust. Even in Eracura, Berlusconi's home region, his party's candidate suffered a shocking defeat. Milano, the capital of Berlusconi's financial empire, turned its back on him.
Berlusconi surely owes Netanyahu a favor for going to comfort him during these difficult days.
The pictures of the Israeli guests added variety to the news coverage of the bribery trial in which Berlusconi is being accused of soliciting an under-aged teenager to into prostitution and abuse of authority.
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