Israel is expected to express its disappointment over Ireland's submission to the World Court at The Hague in which it challenged the legality of the controversial barrier Israel is constructing in the West Bank.
Israel's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Silvan Shalom, will convey this message to his counterpart in Ireland, Mr Brian Cowen, when the two men meet this morning in Dublin.
"The Minister is expected to express some disappointment on the file that Ireland sent to the Hague court, which is far from keeping in line with the stand of the European Union and other European countries," an Israeli Foreign Ministry source said yesterday.
Ireland's written submission to the International Court of Justice, which held three days of hearings on the issue this week, departed significantly from the common EU position and took a firmer stance, detailing the provisions of international human rights and humanitarian law which the court should take into account in determining the legal consequences arising from the construction of the wall.