Antonio Tajani Summons Jonathan Peled after Israeli Settler Threatens Italian Carabinieri
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani summoned Israeli Ambassador Jonathan Peled after an armed settler threatened two Carabinieri at gunpoint in the West Bank.The officers were conducting a reconnaissance mission for an EU diplomatic visit near Ramallah when they were forced to kneel and interrogated by an individual wielding a submachine gun.Italy has lodged formal protests with the government of
Benjamin Netanyahu after discovering that claims regarding the officers entering a restricted military zone were false.
Published:Monday