00:00Italy has suspended, paused, the automatic renewal of its defense cooperation agreement
00:06with Israel.
00:07This agreement included military cooperation, such as exchange of military technology, training
00:15of personnel, joint research and defense industry collaboration.
00:19Why Italy did this?
00:22The decision is linked to rising tensions over Israel's military actions, especially in
00:28Lebanon.
00:28Italy has recently criticized Israeli attacks on civilians and incidents involving Italian
00:36peacekeepers.
00:37Important context.
00:40The defense deal was originally approved years ago and renews automatically every five years.
00:49Italy had been one of Israel's closest European allies.
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