Cohen to Europe and positions on Palestine at the heart of the talks

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen will travel to Brussels tomorrow, Tuesday, to hold meetings with European officials.

Cohen is expected to meet with European Union Foreign Minister Joseph Borrell, whom Israel previously refused to allow him to enter occupied Palestine, for political reasons related to his positions on the Palestinian issue, as reported by the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz.

Although the declared goal of the visit is the Iranian file, the crux of the conversation will focus on the European Union's stances towards the Palestinians, and its support for Palestinian projects that use some of them for "terrorist" activities, according to the Israeli government's claim.

Before heading to Brussels to meet with Borrell and other European figures, Cohen said: "It is important for me to make it clear to our friends in Europe that Israel does not oppose humanitarian aid coming from European countries and the Union to the Palestinian Authority, but we will not allow European aid to indirectly reach and be used by terrorist organizations." In acts of incitement against Israel and the Israelis. According to him.

Last March, Borrell said that violence is increasing on both sides, and indiscriminate attacks claim many lives, and that settler violence in the West Bank is increasing and threatening the lives of Palestinians, and that Israeli military operations often lead to the killing of Palestinian civilians, and sometimes without proper accountability, while settlement continues. Illegally expanding, the status quo regarding holy sites is eroding.

At the time, Israel considered these statements as a comparison from Borrell to what it described as "Palestinian terrorism" with the measures it takes to defend itself.