EU needs to keep up dialog with Israel, Dutch foreign minister says on Borrell proposal

The European Union needs to continue its diplomatic dialogue with Israel amid tensions in the Middle East, Dutch foreign Caspar Veldkamp said on Monday, disagreeing with the EU’s top diplomat who proposed to pause the dialog with the country.

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell last week proposed that the bloc suspend its political dialog with Israel, citing possible human rights violations in the war in Gaza, according to four diplomats and a letter seen by Reuters.