One of the EU’s most senior diplomats has criticised the Israeli foreign minister for not properly engaging with a summit in Brussels designed to pave the way for a peace plan in the Middle East.

Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs, told reporters Israel Katz had come to the meeting to present plans for an artificial island off the coast of Gaza and a railway to India, concepts that had nothing to do with the peace talks.

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“I think the minister could have made better use of his time to worry about the security of his country and the high number of deaths in the Middle East and the high death toll in Gaza.”

The EU foreign policy chief has said he is determined to pursue a two-state solution in the Middle East, whether Israel is ready to participate or not.

“Peace is a very general objective, nobody would say they are against peace; in our view we should stop talking about peace in the Middle East but talk about specifics, about the two-state solution,” he said. “If Israel does not want the solution, it is going to be difficult for them to take part … but it does not stop others taking part.”

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  • sin_free_for_00_days
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    10 months ago

    Oh, there would still be Arabs and Jews killing each other, as they have for thousands of years. Just, maybe, less organized. It’s the Hatfields and the McCoys. Or Capulets and Montagues. In short, a tragedy.

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      10 months ago

      The Jews have lived under the Arabs for a thousand years in peace. It was in Europe that they got chased around like some Looney Tunes cartoon.

      The Roman’s drove the Jews out of Palestine and the Arabs invited them back in.