Europe and israel

Trump’s Europe pullback could open new doors for Israel - opinion

The American move is based on a broad strategic assessment of the challenges and risks facing the United States in the near future

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth poses with US Army National Guard soldiers at a swearing-in ceremony at the Washington Monument, Washington, February 6, 2026; illustrative.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in Jerusalem, October 24, 2023; file photo.

France, Spain's anti-Israel bias push Israel-Europe relations to new heights

European Union, Israeli and German flags flutter near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, September 5, 2022

How Israel can improve communication with the West - opinion

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks at a press conference on the day of an EU-Israel Association Council with European Union foreign ministers in Brussels, Belgium, February 24, 2025.

Shifting EU politics, Israel's stance analyzed at Jerusalem conference - analysis


Icelandic band Hatari presents last surprise, song with Palestinian

In a video clip with Bashar Murad the band seems to be singing in the West Bank.

Iceland's Hatari unveils "Palestine" banners on camera whilst receiving their score, Eurovision 2019

The real winner of Eurovision was Israel

Israel can feel vindicated on every level.

Hosts of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, Bar Refaeli, Erez Tal, Assi Azar and Lucy Ayoub stand on stage during the Grand Final of the contest in Tel Aviv, Israel May 18, 2019

Chief Rabbi calls to add 20 minutes to Shabbat in protest of Eurovision

Citing his concern over the "massive violation of Shabbat," he expressed his regret that, while this "isn't the first time, this time it will be done with the whole world watching."

Israel's Eurovision contestant Kobi Merimi and the Western Wall in Jerusalem

Recalibrating the course of Israel-EU relations

THE FALSE narratives about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also make the establishment of a unity government with the Center-Left impossible

Rivlin on Europe Day: Dare to dream could easily be EU motto

The president visited the Eurovision Village in Tel Aviv to honor Europe Day in an event with European diplomats and the city's mayor.

President Reuven Rivlin speaking on Europe Day in Tel Aviv

Kobi Marimi: I'm so happy to see everyone in Tel Aviv

Israel's Eurovision contestant holds his first rehearsal on stage at the Expo Tel Aviv on Friday.

Kobi Marimi holds his first Eurovision rehearsal on Friday in Tel Aviv.

Eurovision contestants begin arriving in Tel Aviv

Australia, Hungary, Cyprus competitors first to touch down in Israel.

SAN MARINO's Serhat poses for a photo in Tel Aviv on Friday with Belarus's Zena.

GRAPEVINE: Way to go, Shalva

Movers and shakers in and around Israel.

PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN with some of the 400 lone soldiers with whom he shared Seder Night.

In Europe, the boycott Israel movement is weaker than you think

To the world’s oldest Zionist organization, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement “could within just a few years become a real existential threat” to Israel.

GRAVES AT a desecrated Jewish cemetery in Europe.

The resurfacing of European colonialism

Decolonialism was forced on Europe without preparation. As a result, the continent never went through a process of mental decolonization. Now, is Europe increasingly behaving in neocolonialist ways?

AN OLD map presents Europe in the shape of a queen holding scepter and orb, with Portugal as her crown, Spain as her face, France as her belowthe- neck area, lower Germany and Denmark as her left arm, Italy as her right arm (with Sicily as orb), and the rest of central and eastern Europe as the dres