ROMA (ITALPRESS) – The Italian embassy in Tel Aviv addressed a “verbal note” of formal protest to the Israeli government for the episode in which two carabinieri were involved in service to the general consulate of Jerusalem. At the disposal of foreign minister Antonio Tajani, the Italian ambassador in Tel Aviv is presenting protests at various Israeli administrations, announcing direct interventions of the Italian political authority. According to a note from the Farnesina, the two soldiers were on a visit yesterday to prepare a mission of the ambassadors of the EU in a village near Ramallah, in the territory of the Palestinian National Authority (Anp). The military were threatened by a man armed in civilian clothes, presumably an Israeli colon, who pointed on them a rifle. The military (passports and diplomatic badges, auto with diplomatic plaque) were “interrogated” by the civilian; Following the rules of engagement received, they avoided responding violently to initial threats. The man passed a person on the phone, unidentified, who claimed that the two were inside a military area and had to move away.
From verification with the Cogat (Israeli military command for the occupied Palestinian Territories) it has been confirmed that there is no military area at that point. The Carabinieri military personnel returned to the consulate and returned to the embassy and the command chain of the Arma the events. Considered the gravity of the episode, the ambassador in Tel Aviv received instructions to present verbal protest to the Jerusalem government at the highest level, involving the Foreign Ministry, the Cogat, the Idf Major State (Israeli Armed Forces), the police and the Shin Bet (the Israeli security service responsible for the Palestinian Territories). The Farnesina already plans to make new protests at the highest political level.
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