Tag: European Union
Post-Brussels meeting, Israel-EU summit in works, slated for Jerusalem
Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen met with his European Union counterpart Josep Borrell in Brussels on Tuesday with the two reconciling their recently thorny relations.
The talks lasted for more than two-and-half hours, including a one-on-one exchange...
130 US lawmakers urge EU to give terrorist stamp to IRGC
A bipartisan group of 130 U.S. lawmakers on Monday sent a letter urging the European Union to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization.
The letter, addressed to E.U. foreign policy chief...
EU foreign-policy chief barred from official visits to Israel
Israeli officials will not meet with Josep Borrell, the European Union’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, should he visit the Jewish state, following comments he made equating Palestinian terrorist attacks with...
We must act now to evacuate Khan al-Ahmar
There is no disputing the illegality of the Bedouin outpost of Khan al-Ahmar on the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem.
Its residents unlawfully built a housing complex on Israeli state-owned land without a permit and in...
EU vice president arrested for suspected bribery by Qatar
Eva Kaili, a European Parliament lawmaker and one of its 14 elected vice presidents, has been arrested, along with four others, in a bribery case involving Qatar. A suitcase of cash was found with...
Egypt, Israel, EU sign deal to supply natural gas to European countries
Egypt, Israel and the European Union signed a deal on Wednesday to increase liquified natural-gas sales to E.U. countries that want to diversify from their dependence on Russian energy supplies.
The deal was signed in...
Bennett, EU Commissioner discuss export of Israeli gas to Europe via Egypt
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen discussed ways of exporting Israeli natural gas to Europe, via Egypt, during a meeting in Jerusalem on Tuesday, according to...
EU cuts its UNRWA budget by 40 percent
The European Union’s 2022-24 UNRWA aid budget will be 40% lower than during the previous three-year period, the E.U. announced last week.
The new budget will provide $82 million annually, compared to the previous average annual figure...
Ukraine, Israel and the meaning of ‘never again’
Two months after President Paul von Hindenburg appointed him Chancellor of Germany, Adolf Hitler began his persecution of German Jews. No one at the time could have imagined that this would sow the seeds...
European parliament members condemn Palestinian Authority for anti-Semitic curriculum
Despite Western calls for reform, the Palestinian Authority curriculum has ramped up its incitement in recent years, with school textbooks and other learning materials filled with anti-Semitism, calls for jihad, rejection of reconciliation and...