Europe and israel

Germany opposes EU trade embargo on West Bank settlements, freezes latest attack against Israel

Pro-Palestinians in the EU have so far failed in their demand to suspend the EU's association agreement with Israel, or to harm trade with the Jewish state

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt sign a cybersecurity agreement between Israel and Germany.
An illustrative image of Israeli and the European Union flags with a division between them.

A hotter Europe needs Israeli science - opinion

Containers carrying goods from the United Arab Emirates, which entered Israel on an MSC cargo ship, are unloaded with a cargo crane bearing Israeli and Emirati flags at Haifa's port, northern Israel October 12, 2020

'Israel must not lose this opportunity': Former Biden official warns about Israel's role in IMEC

Demonstrators attend a pro-Palestinian protest on the day of the two-year anniversary of the attack on Israel by Hamas, in New York City, US, October 7, 2025. REUTERS

The civilizational divide: European Right aligned with Israel, America's Right aligned with Left


Europe slams Israel, then buys its weapons - opinion

Governments are navigating a fine line, condemning Israel in public while embracing its capabilities in private.

 A PRO-PALESTINIAN protest against the war in Gaza takes place on the sidelines of a NATO summit, in The Hague, last week. The war has inflamed European public opinion, but defense cooperation with Israel continues, says the writer.

Israel's war in Gaza leaves the Jewish State stuck in a Catch-22 - opinion

The ripple effect of the IDF’s operation in Gaza is felt around the world. Jew haters are using Israel’s response to Hamas’s massacre as an excuse to spew their evil vitriol. Jews suffer.

 Israeli soldiers fire a mortar towards Gaza from their position near the border, as seen from Israel, June 2, 2025

Sweden's police investigate shooting near Israeli target in Gothenburg, no injuries reported

The shooting took place near a Swedish unit of Elbit Systems, Swedish public broadcaster SVT reported, citing police.

 People demonstrate outside the Stockholm District Court as they wait for the verdict in the case of Hamid Noury, a former Iranian prosecution official accused of crimes against international law and murder in Iran in 1988, in Stockholm, Sweden

Recognition of Palestine is ‘whitewashing Europe’s crimes,’ local pro-Palestine groups say

For anti-Israel organizations in Spain, Norway and Ireland, recognizing a Palestinian state is ‘hardly enough.’

 Flags of Palestine and Ireland flutter next to each other over the International Wall in support of Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, March 29, 2024

Performers refuse to boycott Eurovision simply because Israel is involved

Nine participants of the upcoming Eurovision contest will not boycott the annual competition, simply because of Israel's involvement.

 Noa Kirel from Israel performs during the grand final of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, Britain, May 13, 2023.

Most EU countries call for 'immediate humanitarian pause' in Gaza, says EU top diplomat Borrell

Many countries call on Israel to respect humanitarian law, while simultaneously calling for the end of

 Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 9, 2024.

German MP: Six million reasons for our unprecedented wartime support

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: “To be honest, Germany has six million reasons why we have to support a Jewish state. Full stop.”

 GERMAN CHANCELLOR Olaf Scholz cleans the 'stumbling blocks' for the couple Hans Goslar and Ruth Judith Goslar (née Klee) in Berlin in November.

The worldwide impact of the Gaza war - opinion

The absence from the coalition of most of the major European countries, including Germany, France, Italy, and Spain, is an important and frightening message from the world to Israel.

 A PROTESTER is removed during a US Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on President Biden's supplemental funding request for Israel and Ukraine, in October. The Gaza war has implications for inter-power relations in various contexts such as the war in Ukraine, the writer notes.

To maintain European support, Israel must recommit to the fight for democracy - opinion

Israel needs the United States to deter Iran and to refill its arsenals for a war that may take months. But Israel also needs the support of the free world – first and foremost of Europe. 

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during a news conference in Tel Aviv, earlier this month.

Albania has long been a pro-Israel country. Will the Hamas war change that?

Albania is also known as the only European country that had more Jewish residents after World War II than before it.

 Pro-Palestinian activists protest Israel at a rally at Skanderbeg Square in downtown Tirana, Albania, Oct. 20.