JERUSALEM, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Israel has decided to ban the entry of foreign ministers from Arab countries who planned to visit Ramallah in the West Bank on Sunday for a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israel's state-run Kan TV News reported on Friday night.

Israeli Foreign Ministry officials were quoted as saying that the planned visit by foreign ministers from Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates was "a defiant act" intended to advance discussions on the establishment of a Palestinian state.

The officials noted that the Palestinian Authority still refused to condemn the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel.

"Israel will not cooperate with moves aimed at harming it and its security," the officials were quoted as saying.