Amid sanctions talk, Israel’s foreign minister said moves by some EU governments compromise relations with Israel and the United States.
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Brussels is not adjudicating a border dispute. It is asserting, extraterritorially, who may claim belonging on land outside its own jurisdiction.
The EU has approved sanctions against Israeli citizens in Judea and Samaria — in the same motion targeting Hamas officials. Netanyahu, Sa’ar and Ben Gvir responded with sharp criticism.
The continent that vowed to become “different” after the Shoah is once again allowing antisemitism to spread openly across public life, culture and politics.
Some crises are not decided first on the battlefield, but in waiting, pressure, and the struggle over time. That is exactly what we are witnessing now between the United States, Iran, and Israel.
The language used against the Jewish state recasts its defensive war as aggression while ignoring the forces that perpetuate suffering.
With Israeli elections set for this fall, “we don’t want to act politically” in halting the agreement governing the EU-Israel relationship, Dubravka Šuica tells JNS.
For those holding an Israeli passport, the airports of Berlin and Amsterdam, Paris and Brussels are not neutral transit zones.
In Israel, there is disbelief at the total lack of backbone shown by European states. There is deep disappointment that Europe is offering no meaningful support either to the United States or to Israel in the conflict with Iran.
The significance of the ballistic threat is exacerbated by the capability gaps within Europe’s missile defense architecture.
