Israeli newspaper Haaretz said that during talks with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, foreign ministers of several European countries expressed concern over the implementation of unilateral steps by the occupation government targeting the two-state solution.

According to the newspaper, these steps include expanding construction in settlements, damaging Palestinian infrastructure and changing the status quo at the Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa.

During a conversation with Cohen, the European Union's Foreign Minister, Joseph Borrell, expressed concern about the recent large number of Palestinian martyrs, demanding that the Netanyahu Government find a political horizon for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.