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“Israel is now working with member states, leaving the E.U. outside more or less, sidelining it, ignoring it,” says Hildegard Bentele.
Israeli guitarist Avi Singolda performed “Hatikvah” on court, marking an emotional homecoming.
Israel’s antisemitism watchdog warns protests outside the Concertgebouw over IDF cantor Shai Abramson could draw hundreds of demonstrators.
“I think we should celebrate visibly and publicly, without fear,” Marco Schouwenaar told JNS. “But it’s making my wife uneasy, and I’m going to follow her lead here.”
Before chanting it at a music festival near Brussels, the Bob Vylan group popularized the chant in Britain.
Repeated exercises and patrols with the 5th Fleet in the Red Sea “and areas further south” highlight the strategic alliance, the IDF said.
The island nation became the fifth country to pull out, after Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia.
The envoy was reprimanded for his criticism of Netanyahu, who spoke of his “personal relationship” with Putin.
René Cassin’s legacy is “distorted” by the use of his name to honor Francesca Albanese, long accused of antisemitism, the Jewish groups said.
Unidentified individuals called the threat in, prompting the police’s bomb squad to scan it before giving the all clear.
“People are risking their lives to go there. They ended up in jail, and then the Dutch government sends them a bill,” a spokeswoman said.
Rom Braslavski delivered powerful testimony at Italian PM Meloni’s party event, describing the Oct. 7 massacre and two years in Hamas captivity.