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.
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.
‘’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.
The offices of the Mission of Israel to NATO in Brussels have been officially inaugurated by NATO’s Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller and Israel's Ambassador to the EU and NATO, Aharon Leshno-Yaar.
“Poland always supported Israel and I want to assure it will continue to do so,’’ said Polish President Andrzej Duda as he started an official visit to Israel where he was welcomed on the red carpet Tuesday in Jerusalem by his Israeli counterpart, President Reuven Rivlin.
European Union Foreign Ministers, meeting Monday in Brussels, used a working lunch to discuss the Middle East Peace Process in light of the adoption last month of UN Security Council resolution 2334 and Saturday’s French-initiated Mideast peace conference in Paris.
