Israel has denounced Friday as a ''cynical exploitation'' of the Belgian judicial system reports that former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni could have been questioned during a visit to Brussels next week in a war crimes investigation in Gaza.
Anti-Semitism globally increased in 2016, particularly in Germany, Britain and the United States, according to a report published by the Israeli Diaspora Affairs Ministry ahead of this week’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Participants at the first public conference for pro-Israel activists to be held next Monday in the European Parliament in Brussels are expected to call for the European Union to outlaw the anti-Israel BDS movement (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) which, they argue, is a proponent of hate speech and anti-Semitic rhetoric and whose final goal is to deligitimize and bring about the end of the Jewish state.
An announcement is expected soon over the possibility of moving the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, in line with a pledge made by President-elect Donald Trump during the election campaign.
Jews are safer in Poland than in Western Europe.Unlike in France or other parts of Western Europe, Jews can freely walk around openly wearing religious garb,, Polish President Andrzej Duda said Thursday in Jerusalem where he was on a state visit to Israel.
The Speaker of the Israeli Knesset, Mr. Yuli Edelstein, visited the Jewish community in Tallinn, Estonia last Thursday as part of his official country visit.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has issued a Security Advisory to Jewish institutions across the United States following a series of bomb threats to Jewish community centers in at least 16 states.
‘’We will not move our European Union Delegation that is in Tel Aviv and we hope that there can be a reflection on consequences of any move that is taken,’’ EU foreign policy chief declared Monday at a press conference following a meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Brussels.
