‘’Our view remains that we would have to judge the Israeli government on the actual actions that it is taking. Since the government is not formed yet that remains to be seen,” the European Union Ambassador in Israel, Lars Faaborg-Andersen, said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the framework agreement on the Iranian nuclear program being sought by world powers is even worse than his country had feared.
The European Union is keeping Hamas on its list of terror groups despite a controversial court decision last December ordering Brussels to remove the Islamist Palestinian group from the register.
France is set to start discussions with its European partners on a possible United Nations Security Council resolution to lay out the framework for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said.
’When do you accept all Palestinians demands before any negotiation, on the issue of borders, Jerusalem or the the right of return, you are not a fair mediator,’’ said Silvan Shalom, who was Energy and Water Minister in the outgoing Netanyahu government.
Dutch Member of the European Parliament Bastiaan Belder believes that Europe should take a ‘’more constructive attitude’’ towards the upcoming new government of Israel.
Rouhani's move to reach out to the leaders of the six powers is ''hopefully a sign that Iran is ready to make some of the tough decisions,'' a senior State Department official said.
