Shalom calls Europe not to negotiate with Hizbullah

The Israeli foreign minister Silvan Shalom demanded after his meeting with the higher official at the foreign police in the European Union, Javier Solana, in Jerusalem on Sunday, on Europe not to make contacts with Hizbullah and the Hamas movement.

Solana replied by saying that the EU is committed to its promise not to make contacts with Hamas but did not refer to Hizbullah. Solana considered that not making use of the momentum created by the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza is considered a "grave mistake."

For his part, Shalom said that the Palestinian suicide operation in Beer Sheba in Gaza on Sunday "clearly reveals that the security fence ( separation wall) should be completed as soon as possible."