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Jordan holds talks with Spain on sidelines of Gaza meeting

The Jordanian Foreign Ministry says Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister  Ayman Safadi is having discussions with his Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Albares.

The talks will “address developments in the region, ways to intensify efforts to stop the Israeli aggression on Gaza, [and] the dangerous escalation in the West”, the ministry wrote on X.

The high-level meeting is taking place on the sidelines of a conference hosted by Spain on implementing the two-state solution and including members of the Arab-Islamic Contact Group for Gaza – Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa were among those attending.

 

EU’s Borrell urges ‘collective effort’ for Gaza peace, two-state solution

The EU’s foreign policy chief has called for “a new collective effort” to stop the war in Gaza “and finally make the common EU objective of two states, Palestine and Israel, living side by side in peace and security”.

Borrell shared the remarks on X while attending a high-level meeting in Madrid with EU and Middle Eastern leaders focused on implementing a two-state solution.

In response, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz accused Borrell of fostering “anti-Semitism and hatred towards Israel”.

Katz criticised the EU’s outgoing top diplomat, stating on X: “Instead of pressing the European Union to join the sanctions imposed on Iran, Borrell supports the establishment of a Palestinian terrorist state.”

 

Israeli criticism ‘makes no sense’, top EU diplomat says at two-state solution talks in Spain

The EU’s foreign policy chief has responded to criticism levelled against him by his Israeli counterpart while he attends talks with Arab and other European officials in Madrid to advance a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying it “makes no sense”.

Israeli Foreign Minister Katz blasted Borrell for taking part in the gathering, writing on X: “Borrell supports establishing a Palestinian terror state controlled by Iran, and the axis of evil against Israel, moderate Arab states, and Europe.

“This is Borrell’s legacy – anti-Semitism and hatred towards Israel.”

Asked about Katz’s comments, Borrell responded: “Accusing those who disagree with a government’s position of anti-Semitism makes no sense.”

“There have unfortunately been examples in history of what it means to be anti-Semitic, and I don’t think we should play with big words that have had a tragic dimension in history.”


Turkey spy chief meets Hamas officials in Ankara: Report

Turkey’s top spy has met a delegation from Hamas in the capital Ankara and discussed the negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza, state broadcaster TRT reports.

Ibrahim Kalin, head of Turkey’s National Intelligence Agency, held discussions with the Hamas officials, unnamed Turkish security sources were quoted as saying.

The news report didn’t identify the members of the delegation.

Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization has been in contact with all actors in the war and ceasefire talks, including Hamas, Israel, Qatar and the United States, and is conducting intensive diplomacy for a truce in Gaza, TRT said.