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

|ByZAKI SHALOM
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

Relations with Europe began deteriorating when the current Israeli government, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was sworn in as Israel’s most far-right coalition ever.

|ByKEREN SETTON/THE MEDIA LINE
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

The context Israel too often overlooks is the cultural gap separating it from its Western partners. Acknowledging this gap does not mean accepting every European position, but it is a necessary step.

|ByGILLES BAROUCH, ORON KRYMOLOWSKI-MEISHAR
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

At an academic conference in Jerusalem, experts discussed the EU’s political decline, shifting attitudes towards Israel, and the impact of Russian aggression, US geopolitics, and global tensions.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

Wake up Europe - The Iran nuclear agreement was dodgy

MAY 28, 2018ByGLEN SEGELL
The Jerusalem Post

Why Israelis are so excited about their Eurovision win?

MAY 21, 2018ByHADAS AHARON
The Jerusalem Post

EU chief picks revolutionary atheist Karl Marx as 'greatest thinker'

MAY 18, 2018ByDAVID PRICE
The Jerusalem Post

Rare E.U. backing of Israeli strike against Iran in Syria

“Israel has the right to defend itself,” the EU said on Thursday night after Israel struck 50 Iranian targets in Syria early that morning, that killed three people.

MAY 11, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
EU flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels.

Former ADL director: Trump has opened the 'sewers' of antisemitism

"As a holocaust survivor, it is hard for me to see that we even have to speak about it."

APRIL 12, 2018ByJULIANE HELMHOLD
White nationalists carry torches on the grounds of the University of Virginia, on the eve of a planned Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia

Austrian bank in Iran freezes business fearing U.S. sanctions

Trump will soon decide whether to extend or expand the Iran nuclear deal.

MARCH 31, 2018ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Oberbank

PopUpOasis campaign aims to drum up European tourism in Negev

The competition will run through March 22 in Germany, Poland, Spain, Sweden and Finland.

MARCH 13, 2018BySARAH LEVI
Visitors gaze down into the Ramon Crater, 85 km. south of Beersheba

Is Israel a Colony?

FEBRUARY 28, 2018ByDOVID BEN-MEIR
The Jerusalem Post

Trivializing and paying lip service to antisemitism

Antisemitism must be treated as sui generis, on its own merit.

JANUARY 31, 2018ByALAN BAKER
Holocaust Remembrance Day events 370

Council of Europe to denounce Trump’s Jerusalem recognition Thursday

Israel, which has a delegation in Strasbourg, where the council’s Parliamentary Assembly has gathered, believes the resolution’s passage is assured, but is hoping to add some amendments.

JANUARY 25, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
US President Donald Trump looks at the Capitol Rotunda as he sits with US Vice President Mike Pence during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring former Senate majority leader Bob Dole on Wednesday.