EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini: announcement of new Israeli settlements building “marks a very worrying trend, posing a direct challenge to the prospects of a viable two-state solution, which is increasingly difficult and risks becoming impossible.”
The European Coalition for Israel (ECI) called on the new US Administration to remain fully committed to the international efforts to combat anti-Semitism and Islamic extremism and to help persecuted religious minorities in Europe and the Middle East.
Last Friday Jewish communities across the FSU came together to commemorate the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, with memorial events taking place in almost every one of the Federation’s 100 larger communities. The region’s youth programs also actively participated in the commemorations.
Benoit Hamon, a left-wing politician, who was elected Sunday be the candidate of the Socialist Party in the upcoming presidential election in April and May, was reportedly endorsed by the founders of anti-Zionist and anti-Semitivc party.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to visit the White House on 15 February for his first meeting with US President Donald Trump since he took office.
A comment by Anti-Defamation League (ADL) CEO Jonathan Greenblatt criticising President Trump’s statement on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, in which he failed to mention that the victims were Jews, drew a negative comment by World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder.
Jewish leaders from across the world and more than 650 Russian-speaking Jews from more than 20 European countries will gather in Windsor for the first-ever Limmud FSU (former Soviet Union) Europe regional conference in the United Kingdom.
