Ireland is reportedly blocking efforts inside the European Union to formally blacklist Hezbollah as a terror organization. Britain recently initiated procedures to add the Iran-backed terror group to the E.U. blacklist, after Bulgarian officials linked Hezbollah to the July 2012 Burgas bombing that killed six civilians and a Cypriot court convicted...
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Israel on Wednesday began hosting the most prestigious sports tournament ever to hit its shores – the UEFA Under-21 Championships showcasing the rising stars of European soccer. UEFA, the governing body European soccer, organizes the U-21 as the oldest of its “youth” competitions. Many of the competitors already play in...
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French and British officials have both announced that tests confirm the use of sarin gas by the Syrian government. France’s foreign minister appeared on French television and expressed “no doubt” over the results: “There is no doubt that it’s the regime and its accomplices” that are responsible for use of...
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Germany’s Green Party is being blasted by anti-Semitism and NGO watchdog groups over its decision to appoint a Bundestag deputy who has expressed support for boycotting Israel to head the party’s Heinrich Böll Foundation office in Tel Aviv: “So long as Ms. Müller demands the labeling of goods from only...
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The European Union is reportedly poised to blacklist the military wing of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, following a formal request from the United Kingdom to pursue such a designation. Any of the E.U.’s 27 member states can veto a designation, and France and Germany have both historically blocked such moves. Recent...
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Norway has been dubbed the West’s most anti-Semitic and anti-Israel country, but Naim Araidi – the Druze-Israeli poet who is Jerusalem’s ambassador in Oslo – says not to believe the hype. Bilateral relations are not without challenges, he admits, but neither are they destined for eternal hostility. “When I got...
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