IMEMC Sat 8 Mar by Saed Bannoura — A request by a European Union
official to visit Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel, was
denied by Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Avigdor Lieberman, of the extreme
right-wing “Israel Our Home” party. Israeli Yedioth Ahronoth has
reported that the Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee of the EU, Elmar
Brok, contacted the Israel’s EU Ambassador asking him to set up a visit
for an EU delegation to visit Palestinian detainees. The request was
denied by Lieberman, who said that Israel would only allow the visit to
take place “if the EU would allow Israel to visit prisons in Europe”.
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