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Mon 02 Feb 2010Warning urged for Israel on passports
EU FOREIGN ministers should make it clear during meetings with their Israeli counterpart today that there will be serious repercussions if it proves true that Israel orchestrated the killing of a Hamas official by a hit squad using fake European passports, an Israeli historian has said in Dublin.
Ilan Pappé – a controversial figure in Israel due to his claims that the state’s foundation was accompanied by ethnic cleansing, as well as his support for an academic boycott of Israeli universities – said EU ministers, including Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin, should be firm in their discussions with Avigdor Lieberman, due to take place today in Brussels.
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