Europe and israel

Trump’s Europe pullback could open new doors for Israel - opinion

The American move is based on a broad strategic assessment of the challenges and risks facing the United States in the near future

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth poses with US Army National Guard soldiers at a swearing-in ceremony at the Washington Monument, Washington, February 6, 2026; illustrative.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in Jerusalem, October 24, 2023; file photo.

France, Spain's anti-Israel bias push Israel-Europe relations to new heights

European Union, Israeli and German flags flutter near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, September 5, 2022

How Israel can improve communication with the West - opinion

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.

Shifting EU politics, Israel's stance analyzed at Jerusalem conference - analysis


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

The peace activists who fuel the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

I don’t see any such activists talking about the 300 rockets being launched at Israelis during the course of 24 hours.

Palestinian flags waving in West Bank 370

Europe's rule of law and the Jews

Jewish Community protesting antisemitism in Manchester demonstration

Netanayhu first foreign leader to participate in Balkan Craiova summit

Netanyahu met with the four country leaders before the summit to promote cooperation and deepen Israel's friendship with the Balkan states.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă in Varna, Bulgaria on Friday, November 2, 2018.

Netanyahu flies to Bulgaria to chip away at EU ‘hostility’

Netanyahu was originally scheduled to fly Thursday to Albania and take part in a meeting of several eastern European leaders, but postponed that trip.

Israeli Prime Minister meets with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov

Rivlin and Danish PM profess strength of nations' friendship

President Reuven Rivlin and Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen met for a working lunch and addressed topics including Gaza, ISIS and anti-Semitism

President Rivlin and Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen met on October 11

The contrasts between Merkel’s first and current visit to Israel

Merkel came to Israel for the first time in January 2006 when she was the head of a new coalition government.

Angela Merkel gestures during a cabinet meeting in Berlin

Supporting Israeli and Palestinian civil society

Peace is both top-down, but also bottom-up.

Demonstrators including Israeli and Palestinian activists take part in a demonstration in support of peace near Jericho last year