There is a lot to be said for clandestine talks between Israeli ministers and those from nations which do not recognise the state of Israel. They could set out a programme of reconciliation in the long term, with formal recognition alla Egypt on the part of the Arab nation and moderation of the violence of the Israeli Defence Force together with a cessation of illegal settlement on the other. In the short term, there must be practical security problems to solve. It was a brave act by the foreign minister of the internationally-recognised Libyan government to talk informally to Eli Cohen her Israeli counterpart, given that such contact is illegal in Libya. Thanks to a cynical betrayal of trust by the Israelis, she has paid for this with dismissal, exile and even danger to her life.
Cohen must have known what would happen when he made public the fact of his meeting. One must assume that his aim was to destabilise the Libyan government rather than to promote peace and stability in the region.
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