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The head of the European Union (EU) delegation to Israel will be summoned to the Foreign Ministry, the Israeli Prime Minister's office said yesterday, accusing him of interference in the vote. a controversial bill in Parliament
"Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to summon the EU's ambassador to Israel (Emanuele Giaufret) to express Israel's disapproval and its intention to take additional measures, "said the Prime Minister's Office in a statement.
The controversy is linked to a bill highly criticized in Israel that would allow localities to be reserved for Jews.
Presented by the right-wing party of Mr. Netanyahu, the Likud, this text if passed definitively could allow these localities to exclude the presence of Israeli Arabs, the descendants of Palestinians driven from their lands to the creation of Israel
M. Netanyahu hopes that this bill, adopted at first reading in May, can be voted on definitively before the Parliament finishes its summer session in July.
A rare fact in Israel where presidents rarely intervene in the political debate, the Head of State, Reuven Rivlin, criticized the text on Tuesday, saying it "could harm the Jewish people in the world and Israel". The Attorney General of the country is also opposed to this legislative project.
According to Israeli media reports, European diplomats have reported to Israeli deputies that the text is discriminatory and contrary to all principles of democracy.
Mr. Netanyahu has accused Europeans of intervening "in the vote of laws", according to the text published by his services. "Apparently, they did not understand that Israel is a sovereign state," he lamented.
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