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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Israel 'snubs' European foreign ministers

When we last met the group of five European foreign ministers, they had been refused official meetings with the Israeli government on Thursday, because no one had time to see them just before Yom Kippur no one wanted to be pressured by them over the 'settlement freeze.' Since the Europeans were also going to Ramallah, they are apparently going to be coming here anyway on Thursday.

Now, they have a new request. They want to go to Gaza. On Friday afternoon. Just before Yom Kippur starts.
"The whole country is paralyzed and the airport is closed," a spokesman in the Israeli Foreign Ministry explained to the London Telegraph. "We told them that it was impossible to hold meetings on Friday morning and that no one would be available. We suggested alternative dates, all of which they refused.”

Israel charged the five EU ministers with being ”insensitive.” The planned visit by officials from Spain, France, Britain, Germany and Italy was intended to deal with diplomatic developments in the Middle East, and aid to Gaza.

Direct talks between both sides resumed in Washington last week, but EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton declined an invitation to attend.

"This effort was made by the Americans completely by themselves," one Israeli official told the Telegraph. "The Americans set up the whole thing, while the Europeans stood on the sidelines criticizing it all. When things fall into place, then they demand a role. It is not very convincing."
Heh.

3 Comments:

At 5:40 PM, Blogger Moriah said...

While we're praying as a nation let them eat their blood pudding, pigs feet....and drop dead!

 
At 6:12 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Tell them to come back on christmas eve.

 
At 7:56 PM, Blogger NormanF said...

Keep them out!

Isn't Israel a sovereign country?

 

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