European Parliament

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

By treating the war against the IRGC as a foreign entanglement engineered by a foreign power, the isolationist Right and the progressive Left are actively undermining the West’s collective defense.

|ByTINA GHAZIMORAD
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
Swedish environment minister Romina Pourmokhtari sits in a meeting room with her baby, at a meeting of EU climate ministers in Luxembourg, June 25, 2026.

World's cutest minister? Sweden's climate minister brings three-month-old son to parliament

Sweden has one of the world's most generous parental leave policies, funded by the country's high-tax system, which has become a political flashpoint in the election campaign.

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A drone view shows the European Union flags outside the European Commission headquarters, known as the Berlaymont building in Brussels, Belgium, April 29, 2026.

CAM launches urgent campaign to stop European parliament from hosting antisemitic rapper

French rapper Médine has repeatedly been at the center of antisemitism controversies and accusations of anti-Jewish rhetoric

|ByCOMBAT ANTISEMITISM MOVEMENT
Cypriot member of the European Parliament and influencer Fidias Panayiotou and Sean Topham, co-founder of Topham Guerin campaign agency, talk about "Winning the next generation of voters" on stage 13 during Web Summit first day of this year's event on November 11, 2025 in Lisbon, Portugal.

Cypriot MEP claims Israel buying up island through real estate, land development

Israeli Ambassador to Cyprus Oren Anolik responded to Fidias Panayiotou's comments, calling them "deeply concerning."

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

EU Parliament seeks sanctions on Iran officials for human rights abuse

Lawmaker wants Iranian regime president Raisi investigated for crimes against humanity

JULY 10, 2021ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
MEPs take part in a voting session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

EU study finds incitement in Palestinian textbooks, kept from public

The 200-page report, commissioned by then EU foreign affairs representative Federica Mogherini, examined 156 textbooks and 16 teaching curriculums issued by the PA between 2017-2019.

JUNE 9, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV, TOBIAS SIEGAL
Palestinian children learn Islamic lessons on summer vacation as COVID-19 restrictions ease in Gaza.

European Jewish Association marks Int'l Holocaust Memorial Day online

Event streamed live on JPost website

JANUARY 27, 2021ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Rabbi Menachem Margolin. Chairman of the European Jewish Association (EJA)

EU Parliament seeks targeted sanctions on Iran for killing of Afkari, Zam

Suspend diplomatic and economic relations with Iran, demand European politicians

DECEMBER 22, 2020ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Vigil held for Navid Afkari, a wrestler killed by the Iranian regime, in Toronto, Canada

Turkey rejects European Parliament call for sanctions over Cyprus

Turkey is at odds with EU members Greece and Cyprus over hydrocarbon exploration in disputed east Mediterranean waters.

NOVEMBER 27, 2020ByREUTERS
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan arrives for a meeting with EU Council President Charles Michel in Brussels, Belgium March 9, 2020.

EU parliamentarians: Hate has no place in the Palestinian curriculum

EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS: Children are taught that Israel is the enemy, that terrorists are martyrs, and that their actions are to be emulated.

OCTOBER 23, 2020ByDONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS
TEXTBOOKS SAID to be produced by the Palestinian Authority which contain anti-Israel and anti-Western bias are put on display on Capitol Hill by the NGO Palestine Media Watch.

MEPs call on EU Commission to defund Palestinian hate education

A cross-party group of Members of the European Parliament have called upon the commission to stop funding Palestinian education until antisemitism is purged from textbooks.

OCTOBER 8, 2020ByDONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS
Heritage Day for the Palestinian People celebrated in El Oskopia High School places Palestine on the map instead of Israel, March 2020

EU spent €5m. promoting east Jerusalem as Palestine's capital in 2019

Grants designed to preserve the Palestinian identity of east Jerusalem with the aim of promoting it as the capital of a future State of Palestine were handed to a number of NGOs in the region.

AUGUST 21, 2020ByDONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS
‘SO, WHY are east Jerusalem Palestinians determined to remain in the city?’

EU must designate Hezbollah as terror organization, 230 lawmakers say

In their letter, the lawmakers urged “the EU to end this false distinction between ‘military’ and ‘political’ arms"

JULY 17, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Lebanese army try to block supporters of the Lebanese Shi'ite groups Hezbollah and Amal as they gesture and chant slogans against anti-government demonstrators, in Beirut

The EU and Israel should resume their suspended high-level dialogue

The high-level meetings allowed both sides to examine the state of their relations and to seek paths to advance them.

JULY 17, 2020ByMAYA SION-TZIDKIYAHU
Chief Josep Borrell reads a statement as he arrives for a meeting of EU Foreign Ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium July 13, 2020.