Israel has started its participation in the landmark EU Horizon 2020 program for research and innovation, which is expected to bring over two billion dollars into Israel for scientific research and allow the country to be part of the international arena of present and future science and technology.
The Norwegian government has never considered banning circumcision and ‘’it never will,’’ is the message of Norway's Foreign Minister conveyed Wednesday by the Ambassador to Belgium, Niels Engelschion, to a Jewish delegation during a meeting in Brussels.
If peace Israeli-Palestinian peace talks fail, ‘’the blame will be put on Israel’’ and it would likely face ‘’increasing isolation,’’ the EU ambassador to Israel said, days after US Secretary of State John Kerry warned that boycotts and delegitimization would only expand without a peace deal.
Hamas official says Palestinians won't accept any agreement Abbas signs with Israel; senior Hamas official in West Bank criticizes Abbas for saying he would agree to deployment of NATO troops in future Palestinian state.
February 2, 2014 -- New York -- AJC applauds U.S. and EU support for Ukrainians protesting against their increasingly repressive government. U.S Secretary of State John Kerry and EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton, addressing the Munich Security Conference, condemned the Ukrainian government crackdown on demonstrators gathered in central Kiev.
While the situation in Ukraine is currently attracting the world’s attention and indeed arousing public concern, although not because of an imaginary surge of anti-Semitism, but due to the wide-scale violation of human rights by the authorities and the law enforcement, we believe it necessary to clarify the situation.
