“Israel will not cooperate with such moves aimed at harming it and its security,” an Israeli official told reporters
A visit to Ramallah by the Saudi, Emirati, Qatari, Egyptian, Jordanian and Turkish foreign ministers, which Hussein al-Sheikh, vice president of the Palestinian Authority, told CNN was scheduled for Sunday, won’t take place.
An Israeli official told reporters that the Jewish state blocked the visit, which would have been the highest-level visit by a Saudi diplomat to Judea and Samaria since the 1967 Six-Day War. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud had been slated to lead the delegation, which was to meet with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
“The Palestinian Authority, which to this day refuses to condemn the Oct. 7 massacre, intended to host in Ramallah a provocative meeting of foreign ministers from Arab countries to discuss the establishment of a Palestinian state,” the Israeli official said.