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Israel-E.U. Relations

European Union flags in front of the European Commission in Brussels. Credit: Symbiot/Shutterstock.

Israeli ambassador: ‘EU is spearhead of support for Israel during war’

Ambassador Haim Regev tells JNS that support for Israel in the European Union is strong and that Israel is fighting to keep it that way.

November 5, 2023

Israel Defense Minister Yoav Gallant welcomes U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at Ben-Gurion International Airport onMarch 9, 2023. Photo by Ariel Hermoni/Israel Defense Ministry.

US, Europe express support for Israel over Hamas attacks

Political leaders from across the world condemn the Hamas terror assault that killed at least 250 Israelis and wounded 1,500.

October 7, 2023

Abu Dis, Feb. 2, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

US, EU condemn Israeli plans for Jewish neighborhood in Abu Dis

The district planning committee met to advance the project into the final stages.

September 12, 2023

Seventeen Israeli defense firms participate in the inauguration of the national pavilion at the 2023 Paris Air Show, June 19, 2023. Credit: Ariel Hermoni, Israeli Ministry of Defense.

Europe turns to Israel for defense modernization

Israel's founders likely never imagined their nascent country would become an indispensable defense partner for Europe.

Siamak Kordestani

June 21, 2023

E.U. Representative Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff during a tour of the Jerusalem neighborhood of Shimon Hatzadik (Sheikh Jarrah), Dec. 20, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

EU envoy: ‘No such thing as Area A and B, it’s all Palestine’

The German diplomat spoke during a tour organized by Peace Now, Yesh Din and Emek Shaveh.

May 25, 2023

Carsten Ovens, executive director of ELNET Germany, speaks at the ELNET International Policy Conference in Paris, May 2023. Courtesy: ELNET.

Survey: Europe wants more cooperation with Israel

European politicians also say their countries should assume more responsibility within the framework of the Abraham Accords

May 11, 2023

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir at the Israel Police Independence Day ceremony in Jerusalem, April 20, 2023. Photo by Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90.

EU debates how to handle Ben-Gvir’s Europe Day speech

Bloc’s members may boycott the Israeli national security minister.

May 8, 2023

Israel Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, left, meets with E.U. foreign-policy chief Joseph Borrell in Brussels on May 2, 2023. Source: Twitter via MFA.

Post-Brussels meeting, Israel-EU summit in works, slated for Jerusalem

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen patches up relations with his E.U. counterpart Josep Borrell, who “condemned recent terrorist and rocket attacks against Israelis.”

May 3, 2023