"After a series of votes and statements and incidents we have decided to suspend our working relations with that body, " Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor told the Financial Times on Tuesday.

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There have been mounting calls in Europe to suspend a planned upgrade in relations with Israel until its new cabinet publicly expresses support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

BBC: Italy urges better EU-Israel ties