Britain’s Middle East Minister Tobias Ellwood was among the international figures to condemn the latest terror attacks in Israel which killed three Israelis.
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini held phone conversations with Israeli Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu and with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Sunday night to discuss the latest escalation of violence.
Belgian authorities took drastic security measures for the Football European Championship’s qualifier match between Belgium and Israel Tuesday in Brussels.
European Union Foreign Ministers are to discuss Monday the situation in Israel and in the West Bank where an upsurge in Palestinian terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank has claimed several lives and injured many others during the last two weeks.
Due to the current situation on the ground, the EU has not yet make a decision on EU labeling products from Israeli settlements, a senior EU official said Friday.
As deadly violence continues in Jerusalem and the West Bank, with several attacks against Israelis, including two in Tel Aviv, the EU warned against the “real risk’’ of further escalation and called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas ‘’to show leadership to promote calm, encourage restraint and avoid actions which further fuel tensions.’’
A cross-party group of Members of the European Parliament urged EU’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and European Parliament President Martin Schulz to make an ‘’unambiguous’’ statement in response to inflammatory language used by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in recent days and his silence and refusal to condemn the murders and stabbings of Israeli citizens.
