22 European NGOs Seeking Ban on Trade with Israeli Settlers

Posted on: October 31st, 2012

Der Spiegel reported that Israel’s government records an estimated €230 million ($298 million) in produce, toys, textiles and cosmetics exported to the EU yearly from Judea and Samaria – approximately 2% of all its exports to Europe, despite a European Court of Justice ruling in 2010 excluding Jewish products from Judea and Samaria from the EU’s international customs cooperation agreements.

News Prior to Halloween: PLO Chief Arafat to Rise From the Dead

Posted on: October 31st, 2012

News just in time for Halloween: deceased PLO terror chief Yasser Arafat will rise from the dead next month, being exhumed by criminal investigators from France to determine how he died, according to a report by the Associated Press.

Netanyahu Goes to Paris, Will Meet with President Hollande, Visit Toulouse

Posted on: October 31st, 2012

Netanyahu will meet with Hollande at 7 AM, NY time, and will focus mainly on the Iranian nuclear program, two weeks after the European Union imposed additional sanctions against Iran. Netanyahu will most likely find in Hollande a sympathetic ally, as France is one of the leading countries in demanding imposing further sanctions against Iran.

Diversity Festival Asked Danish Jews not to Display Israeli Flag

Posted on: October 30th, 2012

The request came during preparations for the city-sponsored Mangfoldigheds festival held early last month, according to the Copenhagen-born Jonas Herzberg Karpantschof, former chairman of the European Union of Jewish Students.

NY Times Opinion: The Left Sees Islam as the New Proletariat

Posted on: October 28th, 2012

Colin Shindler asks why European socialists identify with the cause of militant Islam.

Italian PM: Israel’s Security is Europe’s Security”

Posted on: October 28th, 2012

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti stood behind Europe’s imposition of sanctions against Iran, saying they are “inflicting pain” against the country which has chosen to continue with its nuclear program rather than put an end to international critique and ostracism. Speaking during a visit to Jerusalem alongside Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Monti said “Israel’s security [...]

Israeli Flag Burned in Front of Budapest Synagogue

Posted on: October 25th, 2012

An Israeli flag was burned in front of a Budapest synagogue on Tuesday by members of an ultrarightist Hungarian party as part of their celebrations of an anti-communist revolution taking part in the country in 1956.

Liberman: ‘We Are Facing a Serious Escalation in the South’

Posted on: October 24th, 2012

In a meeting with Vice-President of the European Commission Catherine Ashton, who is visiting Israel, Liberman said: "We will not tolerate this situation for many days."

Israeli Pharmaceutical Sales Certified in Europe

Posted on: October 24th, 2012

The European Parliament has approved a pharmaceutical trade agreement with Israel after two years of attempts by the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign to block the partnership.

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Free Gaza Movement Founder’s Tweet Says Zionists Caused the Holocaust (Video)

Posted on: October 23rd, 2012

The link was posted with the tweet to an anti-Semitic video by Eustace Mullins, a conspiracy theorist and anti-Semite who claims the Jews are at war with the Western World. In the video, he claimed that the word "Nazi" is translated to mean "National Socialist" and "Zionist." Check out a Eustace Mullins clip...

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Rally Backing Jewish Community Held in Malmo

Posted on: October 22nd, 2012

Malmo Mayor Ilmar Reepalu was among some 300 marchers who demonstrated in the Swedish city in support of the Jewish community.

Israeli Foreign Minister Replies to Condemnation of Jewish Growth

Posted on: October 21st, 2012

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman urged the European Union on Saturday to focus on its own problems and stay out of the local dispute between Arabs and Jews over the future of Judea, Samaria, and the rest of Israel.

No Humanitarian Supplies Found On Board ‘Estelle,’ Entire Effort Was a Provocation

Posted on: October 21st, 2012

Navy vessels took over the boat in the morning hours Saturday, while it was just 15 nautical miles from the Gaza coast. Ship activists, including Swedish civilians, past and present European members of parliament, and leftist activists Dror Feiler and Jonathan Shapiro, said that the ship was surrounded by Israeli forces in the morning, and, after a few hours, masked soldiers came were on board.

Israel Appeals to UN to Halt Gaza-Bound Ship

Posted on: October 19th, 2012

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, called the ship Estelle a "provocation" that "raises tensions and could easily spark a serious escalation of the conflict."

Russia Scuttles Anti-Israel Resolutions at UNESCO

Posted on: October 18th, 2012

In a rare instance of breaking step with the Arab world, Russia’s envoy to the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) caused the organization to defer condemning Israel in a series of votes on Wednesday.

EJC’s Kantor Unveils Model Bill for Europe on Regulating Ritual Slaughter

Posted on: October 18th, 2012

European Jewish Congress President Moshe Kantor unveiled a model bill designed to set “strict legal terms” on religious freedoms for the continent.

Israel Shocked by French Consul General Denial of Jewish Connection to the Holy Land

Posted on: October 15th, 2012

Desagneaux spoke of “the important archaeological projects that French archaeologists had helped to uncover in Palestine,” including the Qumran Caves.

Jewish Man Knocked Unconscious in Paris Metro

Posted on: October 15th, 2012

A Jewish man was attacked and rendered unconscious in a Paris metro, a local watchdog reported.

Teva Opens Massive Plant in Hungary

Posted on: October 15th, 2012

Teva Pharmaceuticals has opened a new $110 million plant in Hungary, set to be one of the largest sterile medicines plants in the world.

EU Sanctions Against Iran Up for Increase, Sweden Objects

Posted on: October 15th, 2012

Because of concern for scuttling a major telecommunications deal with Iran, Sweden will oppose any additional sanctions by the European Union against the country, according to a report in Haaretz.