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EU antisemitism head warns against circumcision ban

At an emergency meeting on Wednesday about Belgium’s indictment of three Jewish circumcisers, the European Commission’s point person for...

Spanish PM calls for Israel ban after chaos at cycling

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called for Israel to be banned from sports events, while Norway is donating money...

The E1 battle: Why Israel can’t bow to Macron’s Palestinian fantasy

Israel’s recent approval of 3,401 housing units in the strategic E1 corridor has unleashed the usual chorus of outrage...

Europeans in talks with Iran as Rubio calls around

European diplomats are hoping to reset Iran's nuclear program to de-escalate the conflict with Israel, as the US Secretary...

Anti-Semitic incidents rise in Europe as Gaza war rages

The war in Gaza has contributed to a sharp rise in anti-Semitic incidents in Europe, the European Union Agency...

Israeli president calls on Europe to fight online antisemitism

Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Brussels called on Europe to fight online antisemitism on Thursday, stressing that “the Holocaust...

The European Union’s subversion of Israel

Liberal Jews in both the Diaspora and Israel have been hyperventilating over the “extremist” ministers in the incoming government...

Jewish activists in Europe join forces against xenophobia

In recent years, Europe has seen an alarming rise in antisemitism...writes Nicci Mowszowski A study published by the European Commission,...

EU cuts its UNRWA budget by 40 percent

The European Union’s 2022-24 UNRWA aid budget will be 40% lower than during the previous three-year period, the E.U....

UK sanctions billionaire Moshe Kantor, head of European Jewish Congress

Russian billionaire Moshe Kantor, who heads the European Jewish Congress and other prominent Jewish organizations, was sanctioned by the...

How Europe’s Jews understand their Jewish lives

The Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR) has published a major new study of European Jewish identity, providing an...

How Israel perceives antisemitism in Europe

On the eve of today's International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU)’s European Forum conducted a...

While Iran shoots protesters, Europe schemes to enrich the murderers

Jonathan S. Tobin: Tehran’s violence against demonstrators is the worst in 40 years. Yet Europeans chose this week to double down on an effort to evade U.S. sanctions.

Behind Europe’s antisemitism ‘perception gap’

Ben Cohen: Disturbing confirmation that opinion in Europe about “the Jews” and their troubles is much more divided than one might have hoped.

The lethal error in appeasing Iran

Melanie Phillips: Despite Tehran’s deranged, genocidal call to arms, European governments are still trying to circumvent U.S. policy against Iran in an attempt to keep the nuclear deal alive.

Prepare for the overdue “big one”

 Anticipated major earthquakes both geophysical and political are long overdue...writes Michael Kuttner.

Who’s right? Not the left in Europe!

Fiamma Nirenstein: The Jews are always very attentive to any signs of right-wing antisemitism, but they aren’t so vigilant when it comes to the daily, deafening, antisemitic attacks that—disguised as criticism of Israel—come these days from the left.

High time for Israel’s flagship medical cannabis conference to go global

While international interest in Israel’s groundbreaking medical cannabis sector grows, a leading Israeli player in that space will take its flagship annual event overseas later this month.

Anti-Semitism and Aliyah

Political correctness still seems to impel us to continue chanting the mantra that we are prohibited from relating to antisemitism as a cause for settling in Israel and insisting that the only motivation for aliyah today is to enable a committed Jew to lead a truly Jewish life in his homeland...writes Isi Leibler.

EU to combat antisemitism

Australia's B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has welcomed the appointment of Ms. Katharina von Schnurbein as the EU’s first coordinator on combatting antisemitism.