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Finnish FM visits Jerusalem for first time since 2016, discusses regional issues with FM Sa'ar

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar hosted Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen in Jerusalem, marking the first such visit in nearly a decade amid EU discussions on Israel.

|ByANNA BARSKY
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar hosting his Finnish counterpart, Elina Valtonen, at the Foreign Ministry, Jerusalem, February 15, 2026.
Israel President Isaac Herzog and President of the Republic of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda, August 4, 2025.

Herzog heads north: Israel’s Baltic outreach in increasingly hostile EU - analysis

Herzog’s visit to these three small EU states, with a combined population of 6.1 million, reflects Israel’s effort to secure dependable allies as its standing in Western Europe declines.

|ByHERB KEINON
Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel (L) meeting Dutch MP Ulysse Ellian (R), July 2025.

Dutch MP Ellian is 'courageous voice against Iranian regime, rising antisemitism,' Haskel says

Sharren Haskel hosted Ulysse Ellian in Jerusalem, discussing security for Jewish community, EU designation of IRGC, European Islamist threat, and rising antisemtism since Oct. 7.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Head of the Mission of Israel to the EU and NATO Ambassador Haim Regev attends a solemn moment to remember the people killed in Israel, during the ongoing conflict with Hamas, at the European Parliament, in Brussels, Belgium, October 11, 2023.

Israel's EU ambassador stresses importance of dialogue, bilateral ties with EU

Israel’s EU Ambassador Haim Regev warned of a growing "political drift" in Europe as support for Israel wanes as the war in Gaza continues.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

EU-Israel ties in 2018 – managing expectations

A US that is looking inward is not good news for any peace-and freedom-seeking democracy in the world.

DECEMBER 17, 2017ByRAANAN ELIAZ
THE NEW normal. German soldiers stand guard next to Israeli, German and EU flags at the Chancellery in Berlin in 2012.

The way to build a relationship with the Israeli people

Israel is probably the only democracy the values of which are tested every day.

OCTOBER 24, 2017ByGILAD SEGAL
SOLDIERS ON patrol in the West Bank.

Security Council members, EU condemn Israeli settlement activity

The European Union issued an official statement on Israel's settlement activity.

OCTOBER 18, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Former Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, Deputy Defense Minister Eli Dahan and former Settler leader Avi Ro'eh at the site of the new Amihai settlement when it was being built in October 2017.

Israelis thank EU lawmakers' protest of event with terrorists’ relatives

Barghouti’s wife was invited to speak at meeting about Palestinian prisoners.

JULY 12, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE
European Parliament building, Strasbourg, France

Britain, Balkan countries block EU from adopting Paris declaration

Move seen as attempt to get off on ‘right foot’ with Trump

JANUARY 16, 2017ByHERB KEINON
EU flags

Why is Centrism Less Appealing Now?

NOVEMBER 30, 2016ByDMITRI SHUFUTINSKY
The Jerusalem Post

EU-Israeli relations: A new year, a new era?

Hopefully the Hezbollah and Hamas cases do not foretell the beginning of a new era in which EU-Israeli/Arab views on regional security further diverge.

NOVEMBER 16, 2016ByBAS BELDER, ELISE COOLEGEM
Hamas protest

Peres: the Deaf dialogue of Two Miracles

OCTOBER 2, 2016ByDAVID PRICE
The Jerusalem Post

1: Unprecedented Times of Peace! Please tell the Quartet!

JULY 29, 2016ByDAVID PRICE
The Jerusalem Post

Europe eyes Israeli technology for spotting lone-wolf terrorists online

Last week's truck rampage in France and Monday's axe attack aboard a train in Germany have raised European concern about self-radicalized assailants.

JULY 19, 2016ByREUTERS
Investigators continue at the scene near the heavy truck that ran into a crowd at high speed killing scores who were celebrating the Bastille Day July 14 national holiday on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, July 15, 2016.