Europe

UK Prime Minister Theresa May delivered an impassioned speech condemning anti-Semitism and misogyny at the end of Monday’s Sara Conference on gendered anti-Jewish bigotry in Westminster, which explored the relationship between hatred of Jews and discrimination of women, Jewish News reported. Addressing a reception in Downing Street, the Prime Minister said, “I...

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The European Union slammed Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s reference to Israel as a “cancerous tumor,” calling the description “totally unacceptable,” The Times of Israel reported Monday. “President Rouhani’s remarks bringing into question Israel’s legitimacy are totally unacceptable,” a spokesperson for the EU said in an official statement. “They are also...

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Israel, Cyprus, Greece, and Italy have reached an agreement on the world’s longest underwater gas pipeline, estimated to cost nearly $7 billion, the financial website Globes reported Sunday. After signing a memorandum of understanding late last year, the four countries have negotiated the details of the deal. It is expected...

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The ongoing Paris trial of fifteen defendants linked to Hezbollah is a sign that Europe needs to “cease minimizing the threat” from the Iran-backed terror group, two experts in terror finance asserted in a report published Monday. Despite the implications of the case, Toby Dershowitz and Serena Frechter, respectively, the...

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British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who arrived in Tehran on Monday for talks on the fate of the 2015 nuclear deal, said Iranian authorities must stop using dual citizens as political tools and called for the immediate release of prisoners including charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Sky News reported. “I arrive...

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The United States increased pressure on European banks and firms that engage in a special European Union initiative to protect trade with Iran, warning them on Thursday that they will be at risk from newly reimposed U.S. sanctions, Reuters reported. “European banks and European companies know that we will vigorously...

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