The new chief police commissioner of Rome Roberto Massucci said a ban on pro-Palestinian demonstrations originally scheduled on Saturday in the Italian capital "exists and must be respected". He stressed however that there is "dialogue" with promoters to "find a different timing and legal framework" for the protest. A Palestinian Italian group, Arab-Palestinian Democratic Union (UDAP), on Monday said they would appeal to the Lazio regional administrative tribunal (TAR) against the allegedly "arbitrary and political" decision to bar their planned pro-Palestine demonstration on October 5. Source: Ansa News Agency