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Morgantini and Il Sole journalist stopped near Hebron

Embassy and consulate are asking for their release soon

Morgantini and Il Sole journalist stopped near Hebron

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 30 - Luisa Morgantini, 84, former vice president of the European Parliament and well-known Italian activist, was stopped by Israeli police in Tuba, south of Hebron, because she entered a "military zone", the Italian foreign ministry said Thursday.
    A journalist from Il Sole 24ore, Roberto Bongiorni, who was with her, was also stopped.
    Both were taken to the police station in the Kiryat Arba colony.
    They should be released soon - according to sources at the Farnesina - also thanks to the intervention of the Italian embassy in Tel Aviv and the Consulate in Jerusalem. (ANSA).
   

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