Overview

• Nicola Fratoianni said outside the Chamber of Deputies that the Israeli embassy informed AVS members their status had changed to denied entry.
• Fratoianni quoted the message as stating, “In the new status: denied the possibility of entering Israel.”
• The delegation visited the West Bank in April and was led by Fratoianni and Angelo Bonelli, with Peppe De Cristofaro, Marco Grimaldi, Franco Mari and Luisa Morgantini also participating.
• Morgantini is a former vice president of the European Parliament and serves as president of AssopacePalestina.
• Reports cite AVS accounts of the embassy communication, and the articles do not include a separate public statement from the Israeli mission or an official rationale.