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EU set to list IRGC as terror group

The bloc is preparing to implement stringent new sanctions on Tehran following a brutal crackdown on anti-regime protests

By Jacob Jaffa

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EU High Representative and Vice-President for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas talks to journalists upon arrival for a Foreign Affairs Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels on January 29, 2026 (Getty Images)

EU shelves anti-Israel measures after Brussels sees ‘positive signs’ in Gaza aid situation

By Yossi Lempkowicz

2 min read

The EU's sports commissioner has hinted at support for a BDS-style boycott of Israel in international competitions (Pictured: the Israeli football team sings the national anthem ahead of a recent World Cup qaulifier against Norway; Image: Getty)

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EU sports chief seemingly backs BDS-style boycott of Israeli athletes

By JC Reporter

1 min read

German chancellor Friedrich Merz has condemned Israel's latest offensive in Gaza as 'no longer justified' (Image: Getty)

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German chancellor claims Israel’s Gaza offensive is ‘no longer justified’

By Canaan Lidor

2 min read

The European Parliament has passed a resolution calling for a funding freeze until the PA removes hateful material from school textbooks in Gaza (Image: Getty)

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European Parliament passes resolution calling for PA funding freeze over hateful textbooks

By Etgar Lefkovits

1 min read

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The surge in support for extremism that’s taken Germany close to the edge

By Volker Beck

3 min read

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EU foreign policy chief accuses Israel of ‘spreading terror’ over Hezbollah attack

By JC Reporter

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Revealed: Dozens of Palestinian diplomats celebrated October 7

Ambassador Dennis Ross told the JC that this was evidence that the PA is adopting the ideas and rhetoric of Hamas in a bid for domestic relevance

By Jane Prinsley

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August 29, 2024 16:22

Rana Abuayyash, consul at the Palestinian mission to London, shared a post showing the Israeli flag morphing into Hitler

ITV’s Lorraine criticised for ‘Untermensch’ comment

TV star was accused of making inappropriate comparisons with Nazi atrocities

By JC Reporter

1 min read

August 25, 2024 11:51

Lorraine Kelly (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

Netherlands joins push to proscribe IRGC in EU says Israel

Pressure mounts on Western nations to ban Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

July 12, 2024 14:12

Israel’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Israel Katz, announced that Dutch Foreign Minister, Caspar Veldkamp, had said that the Netherlands would support Germany's push to proscribe the IRGC in the EU (Photo: X/Twitter)

UK joins international condemnation of Israeli settlement expansion

G7 foreign ministers: Israeli settlements are ‘inconsistent with international law’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

July 12, 2024 09:42

Israeli Minister of finance and leader of National Zionism, Bezalel Smotrich has threatened to topple the Israeli government if it presses ahead with the hostage release deal (Photo: Getty Images)

Far right surge in EU elections, winning seats in Germany, France and Italy

French President Emmanuel Macron called snap parliamentary elections after finishing second in a European vote to Marine Le Pen

By Felix Pope

2 min read

June 11, 2024 07:49

Marine Le Pen said she is 'ready to take power if the French give us their trust' after her party surged in European elections under the leadership of acting president Jordan Bardella (right) (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Bigotry is higher in migrant communities,’ says Europe’s antisemitism tsar

Katharina von Schnurbein said she was concerned about the rising tide of antisemitism in Europe and made an urgent call for action

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

June 6, 2024 15:04

Katharina von Schnurbein addresses the European Jewish Association summit in Amsterdam (Photo: Yoav Dudkevitch)

Israel withdraws ambassadors as Ireland, Norway and Spain recognise Palestinian state

The decision on Wednesday morning prompted Israel to withdraw ambassadors from Norway and Ireland

By Eliana Jordan

1 min read

May 22, 2024 09:40

Ireland's Prime Minister Simon Harris, delivers a speech during a press conference, to recognise the state of Palestine at the Government buildings, in Dublin, on 22 May, 2024. (Photo by PAUL FAITH/AFP via Getty Images)

Top EU diplomat says Israel has provoked ‘famine’ in Gaza

Joseph Borrell accused Israel of using starvation as a weapon of war during European Humanitarian Forum in Brussels

By Eliana Jordan

1 min read

March 18, 2024 16:16

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell speaks to the media ahead of a Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on March 18, 2024. (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images)

By Rafael Behr

The EU is institutionally incapable of acting with purpose over Israel

To make matters worse, the dark heart of the issue is the guilt, shame and denial that defines Europe’s relationship with the country for a people who were not safe in the place they lived

3 min read

October 19, 2023 14:51

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EU set to list IRGC as terror group

EU shelves anti-Israel measures after Brussels sees ‘positive signs’ in Gaza aid situation

EU sports chief seemingly backs BDS-style boycott of Israeli athletes

German chancellor claims Israel’s Gaza offensive is ‘no longer justified’

European Parliament passes resolution calling for PA funding freeze over hateful textbooks

The surge in support for extremism that’s taken Germany close to the edge

EU foreign policy chief accuses Israel of ‘spreading terror’ over Hezbollah attack

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