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“The BDS campaign … is an ideological issue that touches a raw nerve connected to Germany’s troubled past. It should come as no surprise, then, that Germany took a leadership role in countering the campaign,” states the report.
Athens and Ankara are holding naval exercises in the area amid an ongoing dispute over energy resources.
Elie Rosen was attacked with a piece of wood after approaching the suspect, who had been throwing stones into a synagogue courtyard.
“There’s something about this water off Israel’s coast that attracts apex predators that are, in the case of sharks, already endangered in the Mediterranean Sea,” said Eyal Bigal.
France, which has called for E.U. sanctions on Turkey, just held training exercises with Greek forces near the island of Crete.
The move comes amid heightened tensions between Ankara and Athens over oil and gas exploration rights • Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias is scheduled to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday to discuss the matter.
Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem summons Belgian ambassador over NGO funding reportedly coordinated with the Palestinian government and groups with terror links.
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) cited a report from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs that shows “troubling parallels between the ICC’s investigation of the U.S. and that of Israel.”
The American Jewish Committee called on former Prime Minister Carl Bildt to apologize.
The measure is part of the “ongoing effort to reconcile with those who have suffered under the totalitarian Nazi regime,” says the Austrian ambassador to Israel.
“We pride ourselves on our history, where we once lived together, and are obligated to rescue the story that was once buried,” said Murcia President Fernando López Miras.
A State Department spokesperson said U.S. Ambassador to Holland Pete Hoekstra “visited the German Military Cemetery in Ysselsteyn to see another of the many historical sites related to the liberation.”
