(JNS) Israeli officials will not meet with Josep Borrell, the European Union’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, should he visit the Jewish state, following comments he made equating Palestinian terrorist attacks with operations undertaken by the Israel Defense Forces.
The Associated Press cited an Israeli official as saying on Wednesday that while a visit by Borrell has not been requested, he would have to arrive as a private citizen with no expectations of assistance from the government.
“He’s not banned,” the official said. “We don’t think it’s a good time to come.”
Borrell wrote in an article last week on the commentary site Project Syndicate that “violence on the part of Israeli settlers in the West Bank is increasingly threatening Palestinian lives and livelihoods—almost always with impunity.
