France has reportedly postponed an international Mideast peace conference which it intended to convene on December 21 in Paris until the beginning of January.
The UK leader also reiterated her support for the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's new guidelines defining antisemitism, which Britain announce it would adopt on Monday.
The new Turkish envoy to Israel officially starts his tenure Monday with an event that was marked by a ceremony held in the presence of President Reuven Rivlin.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told French President Francois Hollande that he is prepared to meet Palestinian Authority’s (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas in Paris, but not under the framework of France’s international peace conference initiative.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met Thursday in Jerusalem, the second such summit after a meeting in Nicosia in January.
The European Union has expressed its ‘’strong opposition’’ to the ‘’Regularisation Bill’’ currently discussed in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, that could legalize thousands of settler homes an outposts built in the West Bank.
We stand by the Israeli people and authorities at this time of need. Not only in words but with concrete support,” said EU’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini.
Despite diplomatic tension, trade between the European Union and Israel will continue to grow, EU’s ambassador to Israel, Lars Faaborg-Andersen, told this week The Jerusalem Post diplomatic conference.
