EU restarts high-level political dialogue with “Israel”
Despite harsh opposition, the Israeli Prime Minister will meet with Josep Borrell, the EU's high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, among other Senior officials, via video conference on October 3.
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Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid with the EU High Representative Josep Borrell (AP)
The European Union decided to resume the Association Council meetings with “Israel” after ten years of cancelation.
The Israeli Prime Minister will meet with Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi, as well as foreign ministers from member countries, via video conference on October 3.
This renewed dialogue represents a gradual alignment of European policy with the positions of the Israeli occupation despite harsh opposition from several European MPs and about 60 European and Palestinian NGOs.
Chair of the European Parliament human rights subcommittee Marie Arena said,” this is a blank check given to Israel whatever government comes out of the polls."
It is worth noting that some 60 Palestinian and European NGOs requested the cancellation of the Association Council between the European Union (EU) and “Israel”.
This comes a few days after Palestinian 7-year-old child Rayan Yasser Suleiman died on Thursday when his heart stopped after he was chased alongside other school children by the Israeli occupation forces in the town of Teqoa, southeast of Beit Lahm.
It is noteworthy that Palestinian human rights data has lately confirmed that dozens of Palestinian martyrs were shot by the Israeli occupation, and hundreds of male and female detainees were under 18 years old.
In addition, 83 Palestinian children were killed in 2021 and 2022, according to Defense for Children International - Palestine (DCIP) data.
