Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump announced that he is postponing his scheduled trip to Israel and his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Two EU-Israel subcommittees meet this week in Israel despite recent decisions by the Israeli government to suspend various contacts following the EU decision to issue guidelines for labeling products from settlements.
Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Jan Jambon said that his government has made the battle against radical and violent extremism and terrorism a top priority since the terrorist attack on the Jewish Museum in Brussels in 2014 which left four people dead.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed comments made by Sweden’s Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom who has accused Israel of ‘’extrajudicial killings’’ and of ‘’using disproportionate force’’ in response to the current wave of terrorism.