Eastern Europe
A U.N. Security Council member, it joins the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Latvia and others in the determination.
Residents believe that the city council’s position is a result of continued pressure from the business community, which hopes to acquire the land currently occupied by the museum.
The decision by a majority-Muslim country comes days before its parliament hosts the first Balkans Forum Against Anti-Semitism.
An interview with Pavel Latushko, the most senior public official in Belarus to have openly sided with the anti-regime protesters.
“We have no right to forget these terrible crimes. Never again,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Since the establishment of independent Ukraine, Jews have been acknowledged; however, attempts to create an official memorial that honors all victims and provides a framework to impart the message of the Holocaust—of “Never Again”—have repeatedly stalled.
verdict did not mention Hezbollah, according to the prosecutor’s office the two defendants, who were tried in absentia, “had links to the radical wing of the Shi’ite group.”
The European Union looks like “an anti-peace body that is way behind the UAE, Bahrain and others who recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. It really makes the E.U. look foolish,” says Dan Diker, director of the Political Warfare Project at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.
“There is no doubt that the dominoes are falling on Hezbollah’s European operations,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
A source close to Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said “many have argued that Israel recognizing Kosovo would be akin to countries unilaterally recognizing ‘Palestine.’ ”
While the agreement has already borne fruit for Israel, some experts urge caution about overemphasizing the long-term benefits.
“There is no E.U. member state with an embassy in Jerusalem,” says European Commission spokesman Peter Stano.
