On Wednesday, the occupation authorities refused to allow the European Union's foreign policy and security chief, Josep Borrell, to visit Israel.
Israeli Army Radio said in a statement that "Israel has blocked" the arrival of European official Josep Borrell to Tel Aviv.
It added that Borrell "made several requests to come here, and the State Department did not respond to his request."
She explained that the reason was "Borrell's statements against Israel and the comparisons he made between Hamas and the current government."
Army Radio also quoted an unnamed Israeli political source as saying Borrell "does not deserve to come here."
Neither the Israeli government nor the European Union immediately commented on the news.
But the announcement came a day after Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen had a phone call with Borrell on Tuesday.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry said in an earlier statement that Cohen "rejected any attempt to interfere in the internal political affairs of the State of Israel."
In his phone conversation, Cohen refused to compare Borrell to "Palestinian attacks, Israeli casualties and the army's actions against Palestinian attackers."
However, in a speech to the European Parliament, Borrell later rejected Cohen's accusations that the EU was interfering in Israel's internal affairs.
Earlier this week, European representatives called on the occupation authorities to reverse the decisions to evict Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah, Silwan and the Old City of East Jerusalem.
On 26 February, the town of Huwwara, south of Nablus, witnessed unprecedented attacks by settlers, which resulted in the death of a Palestinian and the injury of dozens of others, and the burning and destruction of dozens of homes and cars, after two settlers were killed in gunfire near the town.
Arab and international media have described the current Israeli government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, who was sworn in on December 29, as "the most right-wing in the history of Israel."