Israel's national security adviser rebukes EU Ambassadors

European diplomats have called Israeli National Security Council head Yaakov Amidror aggressive and arrogant for "reprimanding" EU countries for their policies toward Israel, during what was supposed to be a routine briefing. Amidror had been invited to give a political-security briefing to 27 European Union ambassadors to Israel. Three diplomats who were present at the meeting, on 14 July, told Israeli daily (Haaretz) that the national security adviser''s style was blunt and that many ambassadors were insulted at what they perceived to have been a reprimand of the EU. According to the paper, Amidror told the ambassadors that the EU is always critical of Israel but never of the Palestinians. Amidror warned that unless the EU altered its position and pressured the Palestinians, there would be no resumption of negotiations between the two sides, Haaretz reported.