JENKINS-69490 - fix - check if item is null before printing the log

[tzachs]

Fix NPE when calling Properties: Set Job properties in pipeline-syntax.
See https://issues.jenkins.io/browse/JENKINS-69490 for more details

Testing done

Tested using mvnDebug hpi:run and saw code is stopped on breakpoint.
Verified with and without the fix

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