The parliament of the Czech Republic has voted for a resolution asking the government not to implement the European Union’s guidelines for labeling goods that come from territories captured by Israel in 1967. The resolution passed by an overwhelming majority, with all parties except for the Communists supporting it. Culture Minister Daniel Herman...

Two German-born men of Palestinian descent have been charged with plotting to bomb a synagogue and the Israeli embassy in Berlin, Benjamin Weinthal, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, reported Wednesday in The Jerusalem Post. The suspects were accused of “planning a massive act of violence”...

A ruling delivered by a European court last week on a trade deal between the European Union and Morocco undermines the legal basis behind the EU’s recently implemented labeling guidelines on Israeli goods produced beyond the 1949 armistice lines, international law expert Eugene Kontorovich wrote on the Walla news site (Hebrew link) on Wednesday. Kontorovich explained...

A wide range of Jewish organizations in both the U.S. and Europe criticized Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government for announcing that it will follow the European Union’s controversial guidelines to label Israeli goods from the West Bank and the Golan Heights, Benjamin Weinthal reported in The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. Calling...

The National Front secured a plurality of votes in the first round of regional elections in France, signalling deep dissatisfaction with the governing Socialists in the wake of last month’s terror attacks, Agence France-Presse reported on Sunday. Support for the far-right party, which has a strong anti-immigration platform, seemed to rise...

“I don’t want to be an icon,” says Shachar Rabinovitz. But in the space of a few days this week, the 13-year-old has already started to become a poster girl of sorts. She’s siting on her sofa, shell-shocked at the international media frenzy that has taken place this week. On...