As thousands marched through the streets of Manhattan for the annual Celebrate Israel Parade on Sunday, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced an executive order that stops state agencies under his control from doing business with companies and organizations that support a boycott of Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow this week as the two countries are set to mark the 25th anniversary of the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Former member of the Italian parliament, Fiamma Nirenstein, has withdtrawn her candidacy to become Israel’s ambassador in Rome, citing “personal reasons.”
‘’By building illegal projects in Area C of the West Bank, the EU violates international treaties with taxpayers' money,’’ said German Member of the European Parliament Arne Gericke during a debate Tuesday evening in the parliament in Strasbourg over the ‘’West Bank displacemet and demolitions, including of EU-funded projects.’’
Sadiq Khan, who was elected as London’s first Muslim Mayor last week, told The Jewish News that he plans to lead a trade delegation to Israel, in response to a question about his campaign promise to visit the Jewish State.
‘’Israel's relationship with the European Union is indispensable,'' Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said as he addressed on Monday a Europe Day reception hosted by EU Ambassador in Israel Lars Faaborg-Andersen at his residence in Herzliya.
In a statement, the European Union delegation in Israel said that the EU is commemorating the death of the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust and declared that the EU stands strong against anti-Semitism, prejudice and racial discrimination.
The prestigious Michelin travel and dining guides are not including Israel, an omission that is of concern for World Jewish Congress president Ronald Lauder.
Renewing EU-Israel partnership in different areas after a period of tense political relationship and fighting the anti-Israel Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions (BDS) movement were high on the agenda of the annual policy conference of the European Coalition for Israel (ECI) in the European Parliament in Brussels.
