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EU cancels Israel event over far-right minister’s plan to attend – BBC News
\u003cp lang=\”en\” dir=\”ltr\”>The EU Delegation to 🇮🇱 is looking forward to celebrating Europe Day on May 9, as it does every year. Regrettably, this year we have decided to cancel the diplomatic reception, as we do not want to offer a platform to someone whose views contradict the values the 🇪🇺 stands for. >\u003c/p>— EU in Israel 🇪🇺🇮🇱 (@EUinIsrael) \u003ca href=\”https://twitter.com/EUinIsrael/status/1655541527165247489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\”>May 8, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/blockquote>\n”,”width”:550,”providerIndex”:0,”authorName”:”EU in Israel 🇪🇺🇮🇱”,”oembedType”:”rich”}},{“type”:”image”,”model”:{“image”:{“alt”:”1px transparent line”,”copyright”:null,”height”:1,”width”:624,”src”:”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/4BEB/production/_112953491__108802839_624_transparent-nc.png”,”srcSet”:”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/4BEB/production/_112953491__108802839_624_transparent-nc.png.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/4BEB/production/_112953491__108802839_624_transparent-nc.png.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/4BEB/production/_112953491__108802839_624_transparent-nc.png.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/4BEB/production/_112953491__108802839_624_transparent-nc.png.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/4BEB/production/_112953491__108802839_624_transparent-nc.png.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/4BEB/production/_112953491__108802839_624_transparent-nc.png.webp 976w”,”mimeType”:”image/webp”,”fallbackSrcSets”:[{“mimeType”:”image/png”,”srcSet”:”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/4BEB/production/_112953491__108802839_624_transparent-nc.png 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/4BEB/production/_112953491__108802839_624_transparent-nc.png 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/4BEB/production/_112953491__108802839_624_transparent-nc.png 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/4BEB/production/_112953491__108802839_624_transparent-nc.png 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/4BEB/production/_112953491__108802839_624_transparent-nc.png 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/4BEB/production/_112953491__108802839_624_transparent-nc.png 976w”}]}}},{“type”:”text”,”model”:{“blocks”:[{“type”:”paragraph”,”model”:{“text”:”Several EU representatives had threatened not to attend.”,”blocks”:[{“type”:”fragment”,”model”:{“text”:”Several EU representatives had threatened not to attend.”,”attributes”:[]}}]}}]}},{“type”:”text”,”model”:{“blocks”:[{“type”:”paragraph”,”model”:{“text”:”The decision to cancel the diplomatic ceremony was made after a meeting of EU ambassadors to Israel. 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