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Kaja Kallas, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, holds a press conference at the European Council building following a meeting of the foreign ministers of the EU member states in Brussels, July 13, 2026. (Michael Brandt/picture alliance via Getty Images via JTA)
July 14, 2026, 10:56 am
EU seeks to advance trade ban on Israeli settlements
Israel’s foreign minister accused the EU foreign policy chief of an 'obsessive campaign against Israel'
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
EU Commission Vice-President and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas Pic: Twitter/X
May 13, 2026, 10:41 am
EU sanctions Israeli settlers after Hungary, under new leadership, clears path
'Extremisms and violence carry consequences,' said the EU’s top diplomat, who said Hamas figures are also being sanctioned
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
File photo dated 08/05/17 of a Banksy artwork painted on a former amusements arcade near Dover's busy ferry terminal showing an EU flag with a workman chipping away one of the stars. Three and a half years after the referendum, the UK will leave the European Union at 11pm on Friday. PA Photo. Issue date: Friday January 31, 2020. See PA story POLITICS Brexit. Photo credit should read: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
April 18, 2024, 9:21 am
‘Important step’: Israel welcomes EU sanctions on Iran’s drone and missile producers
'The idea is to target the companies that are needed for the drones, for the missiles,' European Council president Charles Michel said.
By Jewish News Reporter
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi R and Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud attend a press conference in Amman, Jordan, on Jan. 3, 2022. Photo by /Xinhua JORDAN-AMMAN-FM-SAUDI ARABIA-FM-MEETING MohammadxAbuxGhosh PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN
September 19, 2023, 10:25 am
EU, Arab states launch initiative to kickstart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
'There is no way to resolve the conflict other than by ensuring the establishment of an independent Palestinian state,' Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister said.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
One example in Palestinian textbooks of a conspiracy theory that Israel removed stones from historic sites. Pic: The International Legal Forum (ILF)
May 16, 2023, 10:34 am
Israeli NGO calls on EU to demand PA removes antisemitic material from textbooks
The International Legal Forum sent a letter to Joseph Borrell after he refused to block EU aid to the PA despite its textbooks containing antisemitic material.
By Jewish News Reporter
Xhafer Deva, and his house. (Wikipedia/Left: source Arkiva e Shtetit. Right: Author GentiBehramaj/(CC BY-SA 4.0))
February 15, 2022, 11:58 am
EU and UN halt funding for Kosovo project honouring Albanian Nazi collaborator
House of Xhafer Deva, who was the interior minister of Albania’s collaborationist government in 1944, was planned to be renovated turned it into a cultural centre.
By JTA
Palestinian school lectures in the first row of the Salem School around the Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on December 6, 2017. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90
October 27, 2021, 3:25 pm
UK ends direct funding of Palestinian teachers amid covid cost-cutting
Middle East Minister James Cleverly announced review of British support after a damning EU report revealed 'multiple examples of antisemitism and glorification to martyrdom'
By Jenni Frazer
Protestors opposing antisemitism
September 22, 2021, 10:20 am
EU to publish strategy to fight antisemitism, support Jewish life after pandemic
Conspiracies linked to the pandemic have 'exploded' according to the EU's co-ordinator on antisemitism, and there was an 'unjustifiable' spike in hate during the Israel-Gaza war
By Lee Harpin
Man wearing a kippah in public
August 21, 2021, 12:24 pm
Top EU court rules: Employers may ban religious symbols in the workplace
Ruling last month by the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg “is a step backwards from religious freedoms,” Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt said
By JTA
Cow (Photo by Garrett Butler on Unsplash via Jewish News)
June 21, 2021, 12:06 pm
‘EU ruling on kosher slaughter tells rabbis how to go about their business’
Shechita UK's Shimon Cohen criticises a recent ruling as being 'astonishing' saying it does not have 'the authority to tell people if they can practice elements of their faith'
By JTA
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
January 18, 2021, 1:54 pm
Palestinians set to hold first elections for 15 years
President of the PA, Mahmoud Abbas, told people to prepare to go to the polls for the first time since 2005, when he began his last four-year term
By Jewish News Reporter
December 3, 2020, 2:45 pm
EU to extend antisemitism fight to all policy areas
Brussels-based organisation commits to IHRA definition of antisemitism and a Europe-wide strategy to fight Jew-hatred, in move welcomed by Jewish leaders on the continent
James Cleverly
October 19, 2020, 1:06 pm
UK funds human rights group supporting asylum seekers in Israel
Middle East Minister James Cleverly revealed the government backs 'Physicians for Human Rights Israel'
By Jewish News Reporter
Textbook (Photo by Valentin Salja on Unsplash)
October 7, 2020, 4:59 pm
EU urged to stop funding PA textbooks promoting ‘terrorism and antisemitism’
More than 20 MEPs from 15 countries called on the authority to take action in wake of research by an Israeli education body
By Jenni Frazer
September 11, 2020, 10:21 am
EU court consultant advises against banning kosher and halal slaughter
Court of Justice of the European’s advocate general urged countries not to try and ban shechitah 
By JTA
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