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Experts from the European Union, Egypt, Germany, Israel, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Morocco in the second part of “Regional Climate Innovation Roundtables,” focusing on food security amid desertification in the Middle East, Nov. 16, 2021. Credit: Courtesy.

EU roundtables focuses on desertification, food security across Middle East

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Representatives from the European Union, the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, and Frontier RNG met on Tuesday as part of  “Regional Climate Innovation Roundtables” on food security in the face of desertification with...
Estonian Ambassador to the United Nations Sven Jürgenson, who served as president of the U.N. Security Council for the month of May 2020. Credit: United Nations via Wikimedia Commons.

Five European countries ‘concerned’ by Israeli listing of Palestinian NGOs as terrorist groups

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Five European countries expressed “serious concern” on Monday at Israel’s recent designation of six Palestinian NGOs as terrorist organizations, and said that they will be requesting clarification on the matter, AP reported. Following a closed United Nations Security Council...
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz at a meeting of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in Jerusalem on Oct. 19, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

The bigger picture behind the narrow Gantz-NGO controversy

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When Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced on Friday that he is listing six Palestinian NGOs as terrorist groups, all hell broke loose on the left. The outcry, which emanated not only from Washington and Brussels,...
Rabbi Shlomó Köves, chairman of Europe’s Action and Protection League and leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch Association of Hungarian Jewish Communities, presents findings of a European anti-Semitism study at the European Jewish Association Conference of Jewish Leaders in Brussels, held from Oct. 12-13, 2021. Photo by Eli Mandelbaum.

New European-wide survey reveals disturbing findings of anti-Semitism, anti-Israel bias

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Europe’s Action and Protection League (APL), in partnership with the European Jewish Association (EJA), released a European-wide survey offering a complex and detailed account of the prevalence of anti-Semitic perceptions, including widespread views in some countries...
Exterior of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France on 20 March 2013. Credit: Botond Horvath/Shutterstock.

In the face of European hypocrisy, time for Israel’s supporters to remake the cultural...

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The European Commission released on Tuesday its first official strategy on fighting anti-Semitism and promoting Jewish life. The program is intended to prevent anti-Semitism in all its forms, promote Holocaust research, education and remembrance, and initiate programs...
Hezbollah flags flying over southern Lebanon. Credit: John Grummitt/Shutterstock.

Bipartisan bill urges EU to fully designate Hezbollah as terrorist organization

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A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill on Thursday that calls on the European Union to fully designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. The legislation, introduced by Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and Marsha Blackburn...
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EU removes Israel, US from COVID-19 safe-travel list

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The European Union on Monday removed Israel, the United States and four other countries from its COVID-19 safe-travel list, meaning that travelers from those countries could now face increased restrictions. Removal from the list is...
Hamas members attend a rally in Beit Lahiya in the Gaza Strip on May 30, 2021. Photo by Atia Mohammed/Flash90.

Campaign Against Antisemitism calls on UK to blacklist entire Hamas terrorist group

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The Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) recently wrote to all members of the British Parliament, urging them to ask Home Secretary Priti Patel to ban the terrorist group Hamas in its entirety from the United...
Ebrahim Raisi. Credit: Mohammad Hossein Taaghi via Wikimedia Commons.

Israeli Foreign Ministry: EU sending representative to Raisi’s swearing-in ‘puzzling’

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Israel is less than enthusiastic about the European Union’s decision to send a high-level representative to attend the swearing-in of Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday On Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lior Hayat tweeted: “The...
Close-up of three kosher steaks. Credit: BublikHaus/Shutterstock.

Will the war on kashrut merge with the war on meat?

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Many Americans spent their Fourth of July holiday at barbecues with family and friends. For observant Jews, that meant that plenty of kosher hot dogs and hamburgers were grilled and consumed as the country’s...