Israel will not cooperate with a planned visit by Arab foreign ministers to the occupied West Bank, an Israeli official has announced, after a Saudi source said the kingdom’s top diplomat was heading to Ramallah, according to AFP.

Israel controls the Palestinian territory’s borders and airspace, meaning its approval would be needed for the diplomats to enter.

“The Palestinian Authority — which to this day refuses to condemn the October 7 massacre — intended to host in Ramallah a provocative meeting of foreign ministers from Arab countries to discuss the promotion of the establishment of a Palestinian state,” the Israeli official said last night.

“Such a state would undoubtedly become a terrorist state in the heart of the Land of Israel. Israel will not cooperate with such moves aimed at harming it and its security.”

The comment came hours after a diplomatic source told AFP that Prince Faisal bin Farhan would become the first Saudi foreign minister to visit the West Bank tomorrow.