Hebrew TV channel 10 reported that Israel on Friday foiled plans for a European Union (EU) statement condemning the relocation of the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
The channel said on its website on Saturday that the Israeli government had coordinated with Hungary the Czech Republic and Romania to oppose a draft statement condemning the embassy transfer move.
The draft statement presented by France and other European countries had to be approved by all 28 EU members states.
The three-item statement stipulates that Jerusalem should be the capital of the two states the status of Jerusalem should only be resolved as part of peace negotiations and the EU nations will not follow the US in moving their embassies to the holy city.
The EU had previously criticized the US president Donald Trump’s decision on 6th December 2017 to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move his country’s embassy there to the holy city.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry slammed the three European countries who opposed the draft statement saying that this position contradicts the EU policies and encourages Israel to commit further crimes against the Palestinian people.
