‘’By building illegal projects in Area C of the West Bank, the EU violates international treaties with taxpayers' money,’’ said German Member of the European Parliament Arne Gericke during a debate Tuesday evening in the parliament in Strasbourg over the ‘’West Bank displacemet and demolitions, including of EU-funded projects.’’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised that peace will eventually come as he took part Thursday in the official ceremony in Jerusalem marking Israel’s 68th Independence Day.
On the eve of Israel's 68th Independence day, the number of its citizens stands at 8,522,000 people, according to the figures provided by the Central Bureau of Statistics.
Sadiq Khan, who was elected as London’s first Muslim Mayor last week, told The Jewish News that he plans to lead a trade delegation to Israel, in response to a question about his campaign promise to visit the Jewish State.
‘’Israel's relationship with the European Union is indispensable,'' Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said as he addressed on Monday a Europe Day reception hosted by EU Ambassador in Israel Lars Faaborg-Andersen at his residence in Herzliya.
Over two years ago, the small bucolic town of Castrillo Matajudíos held a referendum to change its name and shed the dark legacy of the Spanish Inquisition.
In a statement, the European Union delegation in Israel said that the EU is commemorating the death of the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust and declared that the EU stands strong against anti-Semitism, prejudice and racial discrimination.
The prestigious Michelin travel and dining guides are not including Israel, an omission that is of concern for World Jewish Congress president Ronald Lauder.
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