US EditionItaly summons Israeli ambassador after police held at gunpoint in West Bank
Italy filed a formal protest after two Carabinieri officers were forced to kneel at gunpoint by an armed settler during a diplomatic mission in a West Bank village.
- Jan 26 Italy summoned Yoni Peled, Israel's ambassador to Rome, to protest after two Italian policemen were threatened at gunpoint in the occupied West Bank, the foreign ministry said.
- In Na'ama near Ramallah officers were conducting a site inspection around noon on Sunday ahead of a planned EU ambassadors visit, the Carabinieri serving at the Italian Consulate General said.
- The confrontational sequence began when the man pointed a rifle at officers in the parking area outside the Sharq youth village, forced them to kneel, made a phone call, then allowed them to leave after showing consular identification cards issued by Israel's Foreign Ministry.
- Italy's embassy to Israel submitted a formal protest and contacted the foreign ministry, Israeli military and police, and Shin Bet, while Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani sought a strong protest and summoned the ambassador for clarification.
- The Consulate General of Italy in Jerusalem said it was deeply concerned as two officers with diplomatic passports and diplomatic license plates were stopped during a site inspection ahead of a planned EU ambassadors visit, raising potential bilateral tensions between Italy and Israel.
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Rome, 27 Jan . Two Italian Carabinieri, in service at the Consulate General of Italy in Jerusalem, have been stopped, threatened with a weapon and forced to kneel in the West Bank. The episode takes place during an activity linked to institutional tasks, with diplomatic documents and vehicle with diplomatic plaque. The scene exposes a precise political fact that very often escapes: the Middle East crisis directly affects men, functions and prest…
According to the first reconstructions of the Farnesina, the soldier in a non-military area would point the shotgun on the Italian carabinieri who had been made kneeling
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Italy summons Israeli ambassador over Ramallah incident
The Italian government on Monday summoned Israel's ambassador to Rome after two of its police officers were threatened at gunpoint near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, the foreign ministry said. Two carabinieri officers, stationed at Italy's consulate general in Jerusalem, "were stopped in Palestinian territory, near Ramallah, probably by a 'settler' under the threat of an automatic rifle," a ministry statement said. Foreign Minister An…
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