Josep Borrell Fontelles

US, EU urge Israel not to spark regional war in Iran response

The US and the EU spoke out as the IDF has made a decision on how to respond but has not yet set the timing for when to take action.

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, HANNAH SARISOHN
An anti-missile system operates after Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel April 14, 2024.
Open Arms members carry humanitarian aid for Gaza in a joint mission between NGOs Open Arms and World Central Kitchen at a port of Larnaca, Cyprus, March 9, 2024.

World condemns IDF airstrike that killed seven Gaza aid workers

The workers, who also included Palestinians and a dual citizen of the United States and Canada, were traveling in two armored cars emblazoned with the WCK logo and another vehicle.

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny takes part in a rally in Moscow, Russia, February 29, 2020.

EU ministers agree to sanctions over Navalny's death

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell states that EU foreign ministers agree to impose sanctions on individuals and organizations responsible for the death of Alexi Navalny.

|ByREUTERS
displaced Palestinian woman tries to get internet service on her phone

Israel calls EU's accusations it is using Gaza hunger as weapon of war 'outrageous'

“There is no restriction on the amount of food and water that is allowed to be delivered into the Gaza Strip,” government spokeswoman Tal Heinrich told reporters in Israel. 

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

EU to propose sanctions regime against disinformation

Josep Borrell told the European Parliament that the EU should be able to freeze assets and ban travel to the bloc of those deemed responsible.

MARCH 8, 2022ByREUTERS
Josep Borrell speaks at a news conference on the Russian military operation against Ukraine, at EU headquarters in Brussels on Sunday

EU plays down chance of any Iran talks outside Vienna

Contradictory reports in Iranian media on Sunday had suggested a possible meeting on Thursday in Brussels.

OCTOBER 18, 2021ByREUTERS
EUROPEAN UNION High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell chairs a video conference of EU foreign ministers on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in Brussels earlier this year.

How Iran helped the European Union lose its credibility - opinion

The EU's Josep Borrell systematically looks the other way for Iran’s human rights abuses, its terror activities throughout the Middle East and its threats against Israel.

AUGUST 9, 2021ByJENNY AHARON
IRANIAN FOREIGN Minister Javad Zarif shakes hands with Josep Borrell, EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, in Tehran last year.

For first time in over 12 years Israeli FM to address top EU body

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid is set to address a European Union forum on Monday. The last Foreign Minister to do was was Tzipi Livni, over 12 years ago.

JULY 8, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid is seen in in the plenum during the inauguration of the 24th Knesset, on April 6, 2021.

UN makes mockery of its Human Rights Council

“It’s logically absurd and morally obscene that the UN is about to elect to its top human rights body a regime that herded 1 million Uighurs into camps."

OCTOBER 11, 2020ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Overview of the Human Rights Council one day after the U.S. announced their withdraw at the United Nations in Geneva,

EU-Israel Association Council back on agenda after annexation scrapped

EU Commission Josep Borrell is strongly in favor of restarting the Association Council with Israel.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020ByLAHAV HARKOV
FILE PHOTO: European High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell, holds a virtual news conference on the approval of Operation Irini, at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium March 31, 2020

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.

Borrell: No proof of EU-funded NGOs working with Palestinian terror groups

Reports by the Strategic Affairs Ministry and the research institute NGO Monitor have shown that senior members of the PFLP terror group lead organizations funded by the EU.

JULY 2, 2020ByLAHAV HARKOV
FILE PHOTO: European High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell, holds a virtual news conference on the approval of Operation Irini, at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium March 31, 2020

Annexation will undermine Israel-EU ties – EU foreign chief to ‘Post’

For us in Europe, it is painful to see the prospect of the two-state solution, the only realistic and sustainable way to end this conflict, at risk.

JUNE 30, 2020ByJOSEP BORRELL
FILE PHOTO: European High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell, holds a virtual news conference on the approval of Operation Irini, at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium March 31, 2020

EU punts on joint response to Trump plan until next month

“We briefly discussed how best to relaunch a political process that is acceptable to both parties and how best to defend internationally agreed parameters of equal rights and international law,”

FEBRUARY 17, 2020ByLAHAV HARKOV
Josep Borrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, holds a news conference in Brussels, Belgium, January 10, 2020.