Europe and israel

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.

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.
 Some of the items placed in the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology time capsule.

Israeli tech firms deepen European presence

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting in Moscow this week. Russia is so consumed by the war with Ukraine that it struggles to maintain its military presence in Syria and turns a blind eye to Iranian activity, says the writer.

From Kyiv to the Golan: The Ukraine-Russia war’s unseen impact on Israel - opinion

 Yuval Raphael, representing Israel, attends the second semi-final of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, May 15, 2025

Eurovision Song Contest changes voting rules after controversial allegations against Israel


Recalibrating the course of Israel-EU relations

THE FALSE narratives about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also make the establishment of a unity government with the Center-Left impossible

Rivlin on Europe Day: Dare to dream could easily be EU motto

The president visited the Eurovision Village in Tel Aviv to honor Europe Day in an event with European diplomats and the city's mayor.

President Reuven Rivlin speaking on Europe Day in Tel Aviv

Kobi Marimi: I'm so happy to see everyone in Tel Aviv

Israel's Eurovision contestant holds his first rehearsal on stage at the Expo Tel Aviv on Friday.

Kobi Marimi holds his first Eurovision rehearsal on Friday in Tel Aviv.

Eurovision contestants begin arriving in Tel Aviv

Australia, Hungary, Cyprus competitors first to touch down in Israel.

SAN MARINO's Serhat poses for a photo in Tel Aviv on Friday with Belarus's Zena.

GRAPEVINE: Way to go, Shalva

Movers and shakers in and around Israel.

PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN with some of the 400 lone soldiers with whom he shared Seder Night.

In Europe, the boycott Israel movement is weaker than you think

To the world’s oldest Zionist organization, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement “could within just a few years become a real existential threat” to Israel.

GRAVES AT a desecrated Jewish cemetery in Europe.

The resurfacing of European colonialism

Decolonialism was forced on Europe without preparation. As a result, the continent never went through a process of mental decolonization. Now, is Europe increasingly behaving in neocolonialist ways?

AN OLD map presents Europe in the shape of a queen holding scepter and orb, with Portugal as her crown, Spain as her face, France as her belowthe- neck area, lower Germany and Denmark as her left arm, Italy as her right arm (with Sicily as orb), and the rest of central and eastern Europe as the dres

NGO to press PA to release U.S. citizen arrested for land sale to Jews

"Due to the heavy concern of human rights violations being perpetuated against the captive by the PA, we ask for his immediate release."

Palestinians walk near an opening in Israel's barrier in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of A-tur January 3, 2014.

Convulsions over Brexit and the struggle for the Western nation

Theresa May’s Conservative government is at odds with Parliament. The majority of MPs want Britain to remain in the European Union and so are at odds with their Brexit-majority voters.

A European Union (EU) flag is pictured during a ceremony in Lausanne.

Israel, UK in talks to ensure continuity of trade after Brexit

According to Central Bureau of Statistics figures, Israel and the UK did some $9.5b worth of trade in 2017, with Israel enjoying a trade surplus of some $800m.

UK Secretary of State for International Trade, Liam Fox MP (right) and British Ambassador to Israel David Quarrey at Peres Centre for Peace and Innovation, November 27, 2018