Former British Prime Ministr Tony Blair announced that he would step down as the Middle East envoy of the Quartet (United States, European Union, United Nations and Russia) following eight years in the role in which he tried to push forward economic development and institution building in the Palestinian Authority.
The recently appointed European Union’s Special Representative to the Middle East Peace Process, Fernando Gentilini, will be permanently based in Jerusalem, a new sign of the EU’s desire to play a major role in pushing Israel and the Palestinians to revive peace talks.
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel took part Sunday in a memorial ceremony for the four victims of last year’s attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels.
President says in Atlantic interview he cares so deeply about Israel that he's motivated to criticize continued settlement activity, comments from Netanyahu.
As the European Union foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini starts Wednesday a two-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority, a monitoring group said that a key EU policy paper reviewing the EU-Israel relations in the framework of the EU Neighborhood Policy (ENP) ‘’shows the EU’s flawed assessment and understanding of the Israeli society.’’
On eve of regional visit, EU foreign policy chief says coming with message that European Union is ready to support a restart of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.