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Monday, October 21, 2024
Lapid tells EU ambassador that arms embargo on Israel is ‘unforgivable’
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Opposition leader Yair Lapid meets with European Union Ambassador to Israel Dimiter Tzantchev and tells him that an arms embargo on Israel that is being pushed by some EU nations is “unforgivable.”
Lapid tells Tzantchev that “an arms embargo on Israel at a time when we are fighting against terror organizations is unacceptable and unforgivable.”
“We have here a democratic country fighting against terrible antisemitic terror organizations and we need to fight them and defeat them, you can’t put an arms embargo on Israel under these conditions,” a statement from his office quotes Lapid as saying.
Several EU nations led by Spain and Ireland have called for an arms embargo on Israel.
Lapid also urges the EU to work with Israel to craft a deal that would see the hostages seized by Hamas returned.
The Times of Israel Community.