Mayor Gianni Alemanno of Rome is in Israel on the first of a three-day official visit. The mayor’s schedule includes meeting Yad Vashem President Avner Shalev and discussing plans for a new Holocaust museum in Rome. He will have meetings with senior Israeli and Palestinian Authority officials and inaugurate a square in Jerusalem named after Rome.
Alemanno will also take part in the Dan David award ceremony. The prize, endowed by the Dan David Foundation and headquartered at Tel Aviv University, was won by Rome, Jerusalem and Istanbul in 2004.