The priest, Don Nandino Capovilla from Venice, was set to participate in a pilgrimage to Bethlehem together with fifteen others.
An Italian priest was refused entry to Israel at Ben-Gurion Airport for ‘public safety’ causes, and deported to Greece, Italian media reported on Monday evening.
The priest, Don Nandino Capovilla from Venice, was set to participate in a pilgrimage to Bethlehem together with fifteen others, below the management of Archbishop Giovanni Ricchiuti, president of Pax Christi Italy.
In accordance with on-line information website Veneto TRG, he was stopped instantly after disembarking from the airplane.
Italian each day Corriere Della Sera reported that Don Capovilla was then introduced with a type named “Choice concerning the refusal of entry into Israel,” which he refused to signal.
The shape reportedly mentioned “he isn’t permitted to enter Israel” with “motive for refusal” cited as “concerns regarding public safety, public security, or public order.” In accordance with Veneto TRG, he was stopped instantly after disembarking from the airplane.
El Al flight takes off on the Ben Gurion Worldwide Airport, exterior of Tel Aviv, Could 4, 2025. (credit score: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
It additional acknowledged that “the individual will likely be faraway from Israel as quickly as attainable and within the meantime will likely be held in a chosen facility.”
Flight again to Italy
Corriere added that Don Capovilla spent the remainder of the day in a facility below Israeli authority close to the airport earlier than flying to Cyprus, then to Italy through Frankfurt.
Archbishop Ricchiuti, who efficiently reached Bethlehem with the remainder of the delegation, advised Corriere that he did not know the precise motive for the deportation however that he believed it was as a consequence of a ebook Don Capovilla just lately revealed, named ‘Beneath the Gaza.’
“We tried every part, pulled each string, but it surely was no use, sadly. We’re right here, from Rome and Venice, on a pilgrimage as a part of our marketing campaign for justice and peace: ‘Bridges, not partitions.’”
Don Capovilla was previously the nationwide coordinator of Pax Christi, and has constantly spoken about “the genocide of the Palestinian individuals.”
He just lately co-authored a ebook with Betta Tusset that includes a compilation of tales about life within the Gaza Strip.
The Jerusalem Publish reached out to Israel’s Inhabitants and Immigration Authority for remark.
