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“The E.U. statement only shows how vile it is,” Steinitz said, adding that it represents “the height of cynicism and chutzpah.”
David Wurmser, adviser to former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and John Bolton, says by reversing the previous policy, the United States has “accepted the responsibility again of ensuring that American interests will drive policy, and that while our alliances are appreciated, they are to be understood in the context of interests, not instead of them.”
Will America pull out, or will it cave to European pressure to stay in the deal?
In his talk, Omar Barghouti accused Israel of being an “apartheid state.”
“It’s outrageous that the European Union still has not denounced Hezbollah in its entirety as a terrorist organization. ... It is high time to acknowledge that Islamist inspired terrorism is not only a threat to the Middle East, but is also the top threat to Europe’s security,” said MEP Anders Vistisen.
An exhibition of caricatures seeking to expose the Iranian government’s human-rights abuses has been rejected for display in Brussels.
EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini pledged continued support for the organization, arguing that UNRWA “provides the political space toward achieving a peace deal and building a Palestinian state.”
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas will request that the European Union officially recognize a Palestinian state during a meeting with European foreign ministers Monday.
President Donald Trump’s international negotiations representative, Jason Greenblatt, is arriving in Israel on Wednesday for meetings with representatives of the Middle East Quartet.
Despite France’s public quarreling with Iran in recent months, Europe is unlikely to fall in line with the hardline policies of America and Israel against the terrorism-supporting Tehran regime, experts say.
