US EditionIsraeli diplomat pledges to investigate case of Italian officers held at gunpoint in West Bank
Italy summoned Israel's ambassador after two Italian Carabinieri officers were detained briefly by an Israeli soldier near Ramallah while on official duties in Palestinian territory.
- On Sunday, two Italian Carabinieri officers were held up at gunpoint by an Israeli soldier near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, and Jonathan Peled pledged an investigation after Italy summoned him Monday in Rome.
- Italian officials say the officers were performing institutional duties and point to a person linked to settler circles, while Israel's military says the soldier followed procedure because the vehicle lacked diplomatic markings and was on a road closed to civilian traffic.
- Italian media reported the officers were made to kneel and answer questions before being released, while Israel's military acknowledged the soldier raised his weapon and summoned him for a debrief.
- Italy summoned Jonathan Peled to Rome on Monday and the Italian Foreign Ministry conveyed `strong disappointment and strong protest`, reiterating concerns about settler violence and 500,000 Israelis settled in the West Bank since 1967.
- The episode underscores risks to diplomatic and peacekeeping personnel and may strain Italy–Israel bilateral relations amid previous Italian condemnations of settler violence.
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The clarification arrived the day after the owner of the Farnesina, Antonio Tajani, summoned Israel's ambassador to Italy, Jonathan Peled, to ask for clarification and give him a hard protest
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Israeli diplomat pledges to investigate case of Italian officers held at gunpoint in West Bank
Italy says Israel’s ambassador has pledged an investigation after two Italian officers were held up by an Israeli with an automatic weapon in the West Bank.
It complicates the half diplomatic crisis opened between Italy and Israel after the declaration of the IDF that it was a soldier and not a colonist, civil as much as armed, to stop the two carabinieri last Sunday in the vicinity of Ramallah in the West Bank, forcing them to kneel under the threat of a gun machine gun and then release them, telling them not to come back from those parts. For Rome, who reacted by summoning to Farnesina Ambassador …
For the Israeli army he was not a colonist (ANSA)
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