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


Rare E.U. backing of Israeli strike against Iran in Syria

“Israel has the right to defend itself,” the EU said on Thursday night after Israel struck 50 Iranian targets in Syria early that morning, that killed three people.

EU flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels.

Former ADL director: Trump has opened the 'sewers' of antisemitism

"As a holocaust survivor, it is hard for me to see that we even have to speak about it."

White nationalists carry torches on the grounds of the University of Virginia, on the eve of a planned Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia

Austrian bank in Iran freezes business fearing U.S. sanctions

Trump will soon decide whether to extend or expand the Iran nuclear deal.

Oberbank

PopUpOasis campaign aims to drum up European tourism in Negev

The competition will run through March 22 in Germany, Poland, Spain, Sweden and Finland.

Visitors gaze down into the Ramon Crater, 85 km. south of Beersheba

Is Israel a Colony?

The Jerusalem Post

Trivializing and paying lip service to antisemitism

Antisemitism must be treated as sui generis, on its own merit.

Holocaust Remembrance Day events 370

Council of Europe to denounce Trump’s Jerusalem recognition Thursday

Israel, which has a delegation in Strasbourg, where the council’s Parliamentary Assembly has gathered, believes the resolution’s passage is assured, but is hoping to add some amendments.

US President Donald Trump looks at the Capitol Rotunda as he sits with US Vice President Mike Pence during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring former Senate majority leader Bob Dole on Wednesday.

Israeli diplomats concerned about rising influence of ultra-Right European parties

In addition to having to cope with a resurgence of antisemitism and terrorist threats, the diplomats are also faced with additional difficulties on the home front.

The Jewish cemetery at Kosice in Slovakia, a country once home to a thriving Jewish community

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.

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

The Weinstein

The Jerusalem Post