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...

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...

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...

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...

Legal scholars are calling attention to a little-noticed but legally significant ruling issued last week by a French Court of Appeals in Versailles. The Court was asked to adjudicate whether a French-based multinational conglomerate was violating international law by helping to build a light rail system in Israeli-controlled areas of...

Hamas’s recent campaign to be removed from the European Union’s terror list is unlikely to succeed given its stance toward Israel, according to statements provided to The Tower by France’s ambassador to Israel Christophe Bigot. Bigot told The Tower that “France’s position on Hamas is clear.” The Iran-backed terror group...