Ignore EU visit to PLO - Levy

JERUSALEM - The Israeli Foreign Minister, Mr David Levy, yesterday said that the government should ignore a planned visit by …

JERUSALEM - The Israeli Foreign Minister, Mr David Levy, yesterday said that the government should ignore a planned visit by European foreign ministers to the unofficial PLO office in east Jerusalem, Israel radio reported.

Mr Levy told a meeting of the cabinet that the government should not go ahead with plans to boycott the EU delegation if the Europeans insist on visiting the Palestinian office known as Orient House.

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