Tag: European Union
Top European powers urge stronger Iran sanctions to strengthen nuclear deal
The United Kingdom, France and Germany are urging fellow European Union partners to back new sanctions on Iran in order to preserve the nuclear deal that U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw...
Deadline looms as U.S. and Europe face off over Iran nuclear deal
U.S. President Donald Trump reluctantly signed the Iran sanctions waiver on Jan. 12—a decision that must be made every 120 days under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action—but promised that it would be the...
European powers meet with Iran to discuss the nation’s regional aggression
European powers have initiated meetings with Iran over the Islamic Republic’s aggressive role in the Middle East amid a deadline by President Donald Trump to address his concerns with the 2015 nuclear agreement with...
Jewish group outraged by BDS founder’s address to E.U. Parliament
The American Jewish Committee condemned the European Parliament on Wednesday for hosting Omar Barghouti, the founder of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.
Barghouti was invited to address the European Union’s legislature by the...
E.U. lawmakers urge the classification of entire Hezbollah as terror group
Lawmakers at the European Union urged E.U. foreign-policy chief Federica Mogherini on Thursday to classify all of Hezbollah as a terror organization.
“It’s outrageous that the European Union still has not denounced Hezbollah in its...
E.U. Parliament deems anti-Iran art ‘too controversial,’ cancels display
An exhibition of caricatures seeking to expose the Iranian government’s human-rights abuses has been rejected for display at the European Parliament on the grounds that it is “too controversial.”
The Israeli Cartoon Project, established in...
EU parliament pledges to continue funding UNWRA, calls on Trump to renew pledge
The European Parliament has pledged to continue funding UNWRA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, in a resolution adopted during this week’s parliament plenary session in...
EU report calls Jewish development of Jerusalem historical sites “touristic settlement”
A European Union report leaked to The Guardian newspaper expressed ire over Israeli tourism in and around Jerusalem’s Old City, calling the ongoing development of Jewish infrastructure a form of “touristic settlement.”
The EU Heads of Mission...
‘Abbas says one thing in English, another in Arabic
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein met with European Union Foreign Affairs High Representative Federica Mogherini Tuesday.
Edelstein described the meeting, which lasted 45 minutes, as cordial.
The Knesset Speaker asked Mogherini to respond to the two-hour anti-Semitic rant...
World Jewish Congress praises EU lawmakers for backing measures to combat anti-Semitism
“It is high time that a concerted and strong effort is made across Europe to stamp out bigotry and hatred of Jews. If the Jews are forced to leave Europe because of anti-Semitism, it...