EU’s cooperation with Israel on major common challenges will stand high on the agenda of the 3-day visit of Manfred Weber, the German chairman or the European People’s Party (EPP) group in the European Parliament, to the Middle East.
As the Republican party convention kicked off on Monday in Cleveland, a subcommittee of the GOP has overwhelmingly adopted a new national stronger pro-Israel platform.
The study showed 34% of leftwing extremists affirmed the anti-Semitic attitude that Jews are “money-grabbing,” while of those termed radical leftists, 13% said Jews are consumed with money.
In the wake of the failed military coup in Turkey, UNESCO, the Paris-based UN body for education, science and culture, cut short its session of the World Heritage Committee in Istanbul which was due to vote on a resolution, submitted by the Palestinians and Jordan, that ignores the Jewish connection to the Temple Mount.
“Israel respects the democratic process in Turkey and looks forward to the continuation of the reconciliation process between Turkey and Israel,” said Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon in a reaction to the deadly foiled military coup attempt in Turkey by a faction of the army against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rule.