#Israel denies #EU request to meet with Palestinian #prisoners: report
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/israel-denies-eu-request-meet-palestinian-prisoners-report
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman refused to allow a delegation from the European Parliament to visit Palestinians jailed in Israeli prisons, a local newspaper reported Friday. Yedioth Ahronoth said the European delegation had hoped to evaluate the prisoners’ conditions. The paper reported that Elmar Brok, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the European Parliament, had asked Israel’s ambassador to the EU to arrange a visit for the delegation. read more