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Israel-Czech relations are strong, have been so for decades, Prague's ambassador tells 'Post'

Prague will continue blocking anti-Israel measures inside the European Union and opposes publicly setting “red lines” for allies, Czech Ambassador Veronika Kuchynova Smigolova told the 'Post.'

Czech Ambassador to Israel, Veronika Kuchynova Smigolova.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar hosting his Finnish counterpart, Elina Valtonen, at the Foreign Ministry, Jerusalem, February 15, 2026.

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

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

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


The European Union's Position on Hezbollah: The Unmitigated Gall

The Jerusalem Post

Israel holds ‘substantive’ talks with Quartet delegation that included EU reps

The meeting is especially significant since Israel suspended contact with the EU regarding the peace process last month.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker poses with Quartet Representative to the Middle East and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (R)

EU needs to act now to avoid diplomatic ‘war of the roses’

To say the Israeli government is neuralgic about any comments coming from Europe would be a massive understatement.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosts European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini in Jerusalem, May 20

Netanyahu calls Swedish PM to protest ‘extra-judicial’ killing comments by Foreign Minister

Netanyahu’s phone call to Lofven, one diplomatic official explained, was taking that protest up a notch.

Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom

Europe and Israel

Then, as now, the responsibility for implementing this vision was placed entirely on Israel’s shoulders, as the party with “all of the power,” from the dominant European perspective.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosts European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini in Jerusalem, May 20

For cash and EU membership talks, Turkey to help curb European migration

Turkey will get 3 billion euros of initial aid to handle the refugees on its territory.

REFUGEES WALK along train tracks leading from Serbia into Hungary on Friday

Anti-government protesters accuse Israel of seeking to colonize the Ukraine

Violence against Jews has declined in the Ukraine and remains much lower than in western Europe.

Kiev, Ukraine

Hungary says no to settlement labeling

Foreign Minister states opposition to "irrational" guidelines, in presence of top EU representatives.

EU Commission approves Israeli 'settlement' product guidelines (Illustrative picture)‏

Grumpy Old Man: The label guy

There’s hope for my buddy Mafoofnik, who thinks some new initiatives will return stability to what has long been a topsy-turvy business.

MK Michael Oren with Made in Europe sticker

THE WINDS OF CHANGE (Op-Ed)

The Jerusalem Post