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FM Sa'ar congratulates Switzerland for designating Hamas as terror org.

Following a vote in the national Senate, Switzerland's House of Representatives accepted the proposed Hamas ban on Wednesday afternoon by 168 votes to six. 

A Swiss flag is pictured during the sunrise on the Commercial and Financial District in Geneva, Switzerland, November 23, 2017
 Lithuania's former Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius arrives for a meeting with his Japanese counterpart Yoshiko Noda at the latter's official residence in Tokyo February 20, 2012.

New EU defense chief to fight political battles with military edge

 FILE PHOTO: European flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 20, 2023.

Ireland seeking review of EU-Israel agreement over rights concerns

A Palestinian woman takes part in a protest against possible reductions of the services and aid offered by United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), in front of UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City August 16, 2015.

EU calls on UNRWA to investigate all Gaza staff for Oct. 7 involvement


EU reviews funding for UNRWA amid October 7 involvement probe

Several countries, including EU members Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Finland, paused funding for UNRWA after allegations by Israel that 12 of its 13,000 staff in Gaza were involved.

 A UNRWA funded school in eastern Jerusalem. January 29, 2024

Borrell: Israel mustn’t be consumed with rage against Palestinians

He arrived on the 41st day of the war, as the international concern continue to grow over the IDF’s activities in Al-Shifa hospital to remove Hamas weapons and search for signs of the hostages.

 Borrell and Cohen explore the grounds of Kibbutz Be'eri

Letters to the Editor, November 13, 2023: Spielberg's Indifference

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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EU ministers meet with Cohen, Abbas amid split over PA aid

The European Commission announced they would suspend the aid, then backtracked.

 FILE PHOTO: European flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 20, 2023.

The worst is behind us, European Commission VP tells Jews - interview

From antisemitism to relations with Israel, EU VP Margaritis Schinas speaks with The Jerusalem Post.

 European Union (EU) Vice President Margaritis Schinas

Israel is experiencing NGO tax bill deja vu - analysis

 Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is seen pointing downwards at a Religious Zionist Party faction meeting in Jerusalem, on May 1, 2023.

EU promises funding won’t go to PA textbooks inciting against Israel

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen met with European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi as his first stop in Brussels on Tuesday.

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen with European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, May 2, 2023.

Cohen to meet Borrell in Brussels on Iran, Israel-EU tensions

Israel in particular wants the IAEA’s board to vote in June to ask the UN Security Council to reinstate crippling sanctions against Iran.

 Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen is seen at a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 25, 2023.

Palestinians blast European Commission president for saying Israel ‘made desert bloom’

The Palestinian Authority denounced the remarks as “racist” and demanded that the European Commission president apologize.

 European Commission President Urusla von der Leyen delivers state of the European Union address to the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, France, September 14, 2022.

Porto Jewish community asks Europe to probe antisemitism in Portugal

Community council member for legal affairs, David Garrett, added in a press release on behalf of the Porto Jewish community that the European Commission investigation is necessary.

 Hundreds of people pray at the Kadoorie Mekor Haim Synagogue in Porto on Yom Kippur (The photograph was taken from a surveillance camera).

Frankfurt Chief Rabbi gives speech to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Rabbi Avichai Apel of Frankfurt gave a powerful speech to commemorate the 78th International Holocaust Remembrance Day at a commemoration on Tuesday.

 The gathering of the European Commission on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.