Senior officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that on October 20, a secret telegram was sent from the strategic wing of the ministry to dozens of Israeli embassies around the world.
Israel has rejected a cultural agreement with the EU that excludes artists from illegal settlements built in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. The EU provides grants worth.
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid addressed the long-defunct council for the Israel-EU Association Agreement today in a major step toward resuming dialogue with the European Union.