{"id":3140,"date":"2026-04-14T15:07:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=3140"},"modified":"2026-04-14T15:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:07:14","slug":"italy-suspends-defence-agreement-with-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=3140","title":{"rendered":"Italy suspends defence agreement with Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rome: Italy has suspended its defence agreement with Israel, which involves the exchange of military equipment and technology research, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and diplomatic sources said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn view of the current situation, the government has decided to suspend the automatic renewal of the defence agreement with Israel,\u201d Meloni said on the sidelines of an event in Verona, according to Italian news agencies ANSA and AGI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An Italian diplomatic source confirmed to AFP that the agreement had been suspended, saying: \u201cIt would have been politically difficult to keep it going.\u201dApproved by Israel in 2006, the agreement is reviewed every five years.It calls for cooperation across defence industries, education and training of military personnel, research and development and information technology, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tensions between the two countries have risen over the past week after the Italian government accused Israeli forces of firing shots at a convoy of Italian UN peacekeepers in Lebanon.Italy summoned Israel\u2019s ambassador in protest over the incident that damaged at least one vehicle but caused no injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, Israel summoned Italy\u2019s ambassador following comments by Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani that condemned \u201cunacceptable attacks\u201d on Lebanese civilians by Israeli forces.Tajani, who is deputy prime minister, was in Beirut Monday for talks with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He later wrote on X that he was there to \u201cconvey Italy\u2019s solidarity following Israel\u2019s unacceptable attacks against the civilian population\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rome: Italy has suspended its defence agreement with Israel, which involves the exchange of military equipment and technology research, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and diplomatic sources said Tuesday. \u201cIn view&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[52,1409,2014,165],"class_list":["post-3140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-israel","tag-israel-defence-forces","tag-italy","tag-middle-east-tensions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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