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European Union flags in front of the European Commission building in Brussels. Photo: Amio Cajander via Wikimedia Commons.

EU to present action plan for combating anti-Semitism

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The European Union will release a detailed action plan later this year aimed at combating anti-Semitism, spokesperson Margaritis Schinas announced on Tuesday. The strategy “will provide a comprehensive framework to complement and support member states’...
Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga, July 23, 2019. Source: Twitter.

What does the future hold for conservatism in the EU?

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In her first Israeli media interview, Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga, a senior member of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Cabinet and official in charge of the country’s E.U. affairs, expressed staunch opposition to...
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. Credit: Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock.

Could Italian support for Israel influence other EU countries?

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When Arab diplomats praise Israel in public forums, it’s a real indicator that times have changed. Omar Alshamsi, the United Arab Emirates’ ambassador to Italy, told an online forum that the Abraham Accords “marked a...
Palestinian children cheer during an event organized by UNICEF to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in eastern Jerusalem. 2009. Credit: Mohamar Awad/Flash90.

NGO Monitor: EU funding campaign to trigger UN sanctions against IDF

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Palestinian and international NGOs, funded by European governments and working in tandem with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), have launched a campaign seeking to trigger U.N. sanctions against the Jewish state,...
Palestinian students affiliated with UNRWA in the southern Gaza Strip, Nov. 25, 2020. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

UNRWA textbooks under scrutiny by EU Parliament committee

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Palestinian textbooks provided by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) came under scrutiny during a recent hearing of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee. The attention was prompted by a report issued by the Institute for...
U.S. President Joe Biden. Credit: vasilis asvestas/Shutterstock.

Some Western leaders are ‘divorced from reality’ with regard to Palestinians, Iran

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Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi was sentenced to 20 years in prison this week for planning a bomb attack in Paris. His sentencing comes at a time when Europeans and the new U.S. administration are...
A view of a knife used for kosher slaughter by Rabbi Yitzchak Eliezer Yakav at his home in Jerusalem Jerusalem on June 12, 2011. Photo by Kobi Gideon/Flash90.

Netanyahu urges European leaders to block kosher slaughter ban

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has written to a number of European leaders, asking that they allow kosher slaughter to continue in their countries. The letter went out to the leaders of Poland, Finland, Portugal,...
Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi (right) meets with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on June 10, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Building bridges: 2020 a successful year for Israel-Europe relations

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The past year was relatively successful in terms of Israel’s relationship with Europe, according to a survey presented by Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi on Monday to the Jewish state’s ambassadors to European countries. Among...
A rally in Jerusalem held in solidarity with Jews in the Diaspora following a wave of anti-Semitic attacks. Jan. 5, 2020. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Achievements in 2020 in the battle against anti-Semitism

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While the number of anti-Semitic incidents worldwide increased in 2020, there were several positive developments in the fight against this hatred. The decision this year by the European Court of Justice that the Flemish and...
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg, Nov. 18, 2006. Credit: Cédric Puisney via Wikimedia Commons.

European hypocrisy laid bare in kosher-slaughter legal judgement

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Last time I checked, the French were still preparing their famed foie gras delicacy using the method of “gavage.” This involves force-feeding a duck or a goose with grain passed through a tube over...