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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 368

Josep Borrell

UN Secretary General António Guterres at a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at the United Nations headquarters on October 2, 2024 in New York (Bryan R. SMITH / AFP)
October 4, 2024, 12:15 pm
Security Council backs Guterres after Israeli move to label UN chief ‘persona non grata’
Members release statement emphasizing need for all states in international body ‘to have a productive and effective relationship with the secretary-general’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Israel Katz (R) welcomes his French counterpart Stephane Sejourne in Jerusalem on April 30, 2024. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)
October 4, 2024, 12:42 am
France slams Israel’s ‘unjustified’ move to label UN leader ‘persona non grata’
Paris stresses its ‘full support for and confidence’ in Antonio Guterres, who drew Israeli fire for failing to specifically condemn Iran’s missile attack in initial response
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks with troops in northern Israel, September 30, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/ Defense Ministry)
September 30, 2024, 11:29 pm
Israel says ‘next phase’ beginning in Lebanon, amid global pleas against a ground op
Lebanese army withdraws from frontier as IDF shuts off some border areas; Biden: ‘I’m comfortable with Israel stopping’; Lebanese PM: ‘We’re ready to implement UN Resolution 1701’
By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff
Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Nasser Kanaani speaks during a press conference in the capital Tehran on December 5, 2022. (ATTA KENARE/AFP)
September 18, 2024, 4:29 pm
Iran accuses Israel of ‘mass murder’ over pager attack on ally Hezbollah
Terror organization says it will punish Israel, but source tells Qatari newspaper group still doesn’t want full-scale war; Russia claims attack hurt thousands of innocents
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas speaks during her arrival at the NATO summit in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
September 17, 2024, 3:04 pm
EU’s hawkish new leadership announced, without Israel critic Borrell
Former Estonian PM Kaja Kallas expected to take over for European Union foreign policy chief, whom Israel’s FM has called ‘antisemitic’
By Lazar Berman and AFP
Foreign Minister Israel Katz (L) talks with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell (R), during a Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, January 22, 2024. (John Thys / Pool / AFP)
September 15, 2024, 2:22 am
Katz again accuses Borrell of antisemitism, trades jibes with senior EU diplomat
FM accuses Borrell of acting in a way ‘reminiscent of history’s worst antisemites’ after being told not to ‘play with big words’ as the two spar over Palestinian state, Gaza war
By ToI Staff and AFP
Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Manuel Albares (C) addresses a press conference with (From L) European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borell, Palestinian prime minister Mohammed Mustafa, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan and Jordanian Foreign Minster Ayman Safadi at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Madrid on September 13, 2024. (Thomas Coex/AFP)
September 13, 2024, 8:01 pm
Ministers from European, Muslim countries meet in Madrid to talk Palestinian statehood
Spanish FM Albares says two-state solution ‘only way’ to ensure peace in region; claims he’d be ‘delighted’ if Israel took part in such discussions, despite it not being invited
By AFP and ToI Staff
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, August 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
August 30, 2024, 4:19 pm
EU foreign policy chief admits he lacks votes for sanctioning Israeli ministers
Borrell says ‘the process has been launched,’ but doesn’t have unanimity needed for bloc-wide designation of Smotrich, Ben Gvir; member states can still act individually
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Israel Katz awaits the arrival of his French and British counterparts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, August 16, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 29, 2024, 5:51 pm
Katz slams Borrell for saying he called for displacement of West Bank Palestinians
FM calls EU top diplomat’s statement a ‘blatant lie,’ after tweeting IDF ops in Tulkarem, Jenin are ‘war in every sense’ to be handled like Gaza, including ‘temporary evacuation’
By ToI Staff
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell rings a bell to signify the start of a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
August 29, 2024, 1:24 pm
EU foreign policy chief pushes for member states to sanction Ben Gvir, Smotrich
Ireland accuses Israel of deliberately targeting civilians in Gaza and waging war on all Palestinians, calls on bloc to rethink agreements with Israel
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Abbas Araghchi attends a parliament session in the capital Tehran, on August 17, 2024, as Iran's president defends his cabinet selection. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
August 23, 2024, 1:35 pm
Iran’s new FM urges dialogue with EU, claims ‘right’ to retaliate for Haniyeh killing
Ex-nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi speaks with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and his counterparts from France, UK; calls for ‘punishing’ Israel in phone call with them
By Agencies
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell speaks during a meeting at the Government Guest House in Hanoi on July 30, 2024. (Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)
August 12, 2024, 9:14 am
EU’s Borrell: Consider sanctions on Ben Gvir, Smotrich for ‘incitement to war crimes’
Foreign policy chief blasts ministers’ recent remarks backing the cutting of supplies to Gaza as a pressure tactic on Hamas, urges Jerusalem to distance itself from them
By ToI Staff
A man walks outside the West Bank Ramallah municipality building on May 24, 2024, adorned with flags of Spain, Ireland and Norway. (Ahmad Gharabli/ AFP)
August 9, 2024, 8:38 am
US, EU say Israel revoking Norwegian diplomats’ status ‘unwarranted,’ not ‘helpful’
Josep Borrell says EU in ‘full solidarity’ with Oslo, after Israel says it will withdraw accreditation of eight Norwegian diplomats who dealt with Palestinian Authority
By Agencies and Sam Sokol
Residents rush to help injured children moments after a rocket attack hit a soccer field in the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, July 27, 2024. (Hassan Shams/AP)
July 28, 2024, 2:24 am
DC official fears all-out war as US condemns ‘horrific’ rocket attack on Majdal Shams
After Hezbollah hit kills 12 children at a soccer field in Druze village, EU foreign policy chief calls for international probe of ‘bloodbath’; Beirut urges end to hostilities
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A man wearing a jacket bearing the logo of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), walks along a street devastated by the passage of Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers during raids, in the refugee camp of Balata in the West Bank on February 4, 2024. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
July 25, 2024, 10:34 pm
EU foreign policy chief calls Israeli move to outlaw UNRWA ‘nonsense’
Josep Borrell says trio of bills advanced by Knesset target ‘regional stability and human dignity of all those benefiting from the UN agency work’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
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