Europe and israel

European states criticize Israel, but keep relying on its defense technology - analysis

European countries are increasing defense budgets and confronting the Russian threat, and in areas where no available alternative exists, they are finding it difficult to give up Israeli systems.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir meets with Finnish Chief of Defense Gen. Janne Jaakkola on August 24, 2026.
 Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa is welcomed by European Council President Charles Michel in Brussels, Belgium May 26, 2024.

Israelis are angry at Europe, yet still drawn to it - opinion

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt sign a cybersecurity agreement between Israel and Germany.

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

An illustrative image of Israeli and the European Union flags with a division between them.

A hotter Europe needs Israeli science - opinion


ELNET brings delegation of new French MPs to Israel

The MPs met with Israeli officials and made visits to some of Israel’s top startups and the Iron Dome

 French MP delegation visits an Iron Dome battery on their early January Israel visit led by ELNET.

EU-Israel agreements face challenges with new government

European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights expected to vote on Wednesday on resolution on prospects for two-state solution.

 Defense Minister Benny Gantz addresses EU member-state Ambassadors in Israel, October 19, 2022

EU slams Israel on settlements, Temple Mount after council meeting

The EU-Israel Association Council had met annually since its inception in 2000, but meetings were suspended after 2012 amid Netanyahu's leadership.

 View of the desert near Ma'ale Adumim, in the West Bank, January 26, 2021.

Israel Elections: Will meeting with the EU help or harm Lapid? - analysis

If the meeting goes well, the timing for Lapid – just a month before the election – could prove very fortuitous. In making high-profile trips abroad just before an election, Lapid is taking a page ou

EUROPEAN COMMISSION President Ursula von der Leyen meets with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, before he became prime minister, in the Knesset last month.

ELNET - The European Leadership Network, brings the European angle to the Jerusalem Post Conference

ELENT is a non profit organization that brings together key leaders who believe in the importance of close relations between Europe and Israel, based on shared democratic values and common interests

 David Siegel – President, FELNET

Attacks on Jews, as Jews, are always antisemitic

Antisemitism has a long and sordid history of incitement to hatred and dehumanization of Jews. There is no excuse for it, regardless of what is happening elsewhere in the world.

Demonstrator holds up sign reading "Solidarity with British Jews" at "Together Against Antisemitism" rally in London

New antisemitism in Europe connected to Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Israeli flags were burned outside 2 German synagogues, and ‘Free Palestine’ was painted on another in Spain.

Demonstrators take part in a pro-Palestine march in Berlin January 10, 2009. More that 6000 people shouted anti-Israel slogans to protest against the air strikes and the military action in the Gaza Strip, police said on Saturday

Germany detains suspects for stoning synagogue, burning Israeli flags

Police said three men in their early 20s were detained on Tuesday night and released after admitting to throwing stones at the window of a synagogue in the city of Bonn and burning an Israeli flag.

Burning Israeli flag 370

Israel, Spain share knowledge on COVID vaccine, marking close relations

The event was hosted by the Spanish Senate's Health and Consumer Commission and organized by ELNET, a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening Europe-Israel relations.

President Reuven Rivlin arrives in Spain to visit the King of Spain, on November 5, 2017.

Israeli disabled peoples' NGO invited to speak at European conference

The conference addressed the coronavirus vaccine's accessibility in many European countries, highlighting the challenge of providing the vaccine to people with disabilities and their caregivers.

A CHILD plays in the sensory therapy room at Beit Issie Shapiro.