What is Italy-Palestine relations?
{{Infobox bilateral relations|Italy-Palestine|Italy|Palestine|map=}} '''Italian-Palestinian relations''' are the international relations between the [[Italy|Italian Republic]] and the State of [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]]. Italy has a general [[consulate]] in [[Jerusalem]], and the [[State of Palestine]] has an embassy in [[Rome]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ambasciatapalestina.com/italia-palestina/ |title=Italia - Palestina - Ambasciata Palestinese |access-date=2022-07-23 |archive-date=2021-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516162235/https://www.ambasciatapalestina.com/italia-palestina/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Relationships over time== After the 1967 war, Palestinian students flocked to study in Italian universities, and with it a branch of the General Union of Palestinian Students was established in Italy, which was the only Palestinian presence until 1974 when it received the delegation of the Palestine Liberation Organization under the name of “the office” at the headquarters of the League of Arab States until 1979. Nimer Hammad was the first Palestinian representative to Italy. ===1980s=== In 1980, Italy recognized the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] as the representative of the [[Palestinian people]]. After the Israeli invasion of [[Lebanon]], PLO Chairman [[Yasser Arafat]] visited Italy and met with Italian Prime Minister [[Bettino Craxi|Betino Craxi]], and a representative office of the PLO in Italy was opened under the name of “Information and Liaison Office” and Palestinian officials were treated in their representative capacity for the PLO. In 1989, the Palestinian [[delegation]] was granted diplomatic status and Italy recognized its Palestinian General Commission. ===2010s=== On November 30, 2011, Italian President [[Giorgio Napolitano]] agreed to consider the Palestinian delegation a diplomatic mission and granted the status of [[ambassador]] to the head of the mission, and on January 10, 2012, Ambassador [[Sabri Attia]] presented his credentials as ambassador.