Israel, Greece and Cyprus have adopted a joint declaration spelling out the areas where the three countries pledged to cooperate in seven fields: energy, tourism, research and technology, environment, water management, anti-terrorism and migration.
The timing of the visit in France of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani - he was due to arrive in Paris Wednesday which coincides with commemorations of International Holocaust Remembrance Day – has angered the Jewish community of France.
In explaining the reasons for the existence of a terrorist threat in France, he noted “upheaval in the Arab world'' and and “the reality in certain neighborhoods in France.''
The International Fellowship of Christians and Jew, the leader in promoting Christian-Jewish unity, blasted the United Methodist Church decision to blacklist some Israeli banks as a desperate attack by a shrinking religious movement.
At a meeting in Brussels on Monday, EU Foreign Ministers unanimously adopted conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process stating that all agreements between the State of Israel and the EU ‘’must unequivocally and explicity indicate their inapplicability to the territories occupied by Israel in 1967.’’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked five European Union countries to oppose and tone down a resolution, scheduled to be adopted by the Foreign Affairs Council Monday in Brussels.
Following her call for investigations into ‘’extrejudicial killings’’ by Israeli forces and other critical statements towards the Jewish state, Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström will not be welcome in Israel.
During a visit in Brussels, the leader of opposition Yesh Atid center party Yair Lapid urged European Union leaders to encourage EU member states to unified their stance against attempts to boycott Israel.
As part of their ongoing cooperation, Russia has supplied Hezbollah with weapons in exchange for intel and assistance in target selection, commanders tell Daily Beast.