Italy Demands Israel Release Five Activists Detained in West Bank
🇮🇹 ROME — Italy protests Israeli arrests days before backing a US-Israel strike. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Rome's demand tests a contradiction Italy hasn't resolved: aligned with Washington's November 5 timeline while publicly opposing Israeli occupation enforcement. West Bank locked down, embassies evacuating — Italian pressure on Jerusalem costs Meloni nothing domestically but signals Rome is hedging for the post-strike European reckoning with Israel.
