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January 15, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5f01e520-e278-11dd-b1dd-0000779fd2ac.html

EU Halts Upgrade of Ties to Israel

[Financial Times-UK] Tobias Buck, Andrew England and Heba Saleh - The EU called a halt on Wednesday to plans to upgrade diplomatic and economic ties with Israel in a sign of the international backlash against Israel's military offensive in Gaza. Ramiro Cibrian-Uzal, head of a European Commission delegation to Israel, said upgrading ties at a time when Israel was "using its war means in a very dramatic, in a powerful way in Gaza" was "not appropriate." European officials said the "time-out" on upgrading ties was not intended as a sanction, but it did reflect the widespread dismay at Israel's conduct in the conflict.

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