Brussels 28.01.2024 “We are extremely concerned by allegations of UNRWA staff involvement in the 7th October terrorist attacks in Israel” reads the Statement by the Commission and High Representative/Vice-President Borrell on allegations of UNRWA staff involvement in the 7th October attacks. (Image above: UN building, NYC) “The EU reiterates its strongest condemnation of the attacks…
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EU diplomats discuss Middle East
Brussels 22.01.2024 The Foreign Affairs Council uniting the EU Ministers of foreign affairs will hold an exchange of views on the situation in the Middle East. The Council discussion will be informed by separate informal exchanges with: the Israeli Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs Israel Katz in the morning, the Secretary-General of the League of…
Borrell: “exceptional” meeting of EU diplomats
Brussels 22.01.2024 “Today, we are going to have an exceptional Foreign Affairs Council. I think that never before we have had a Council with so many, and so important guests, in these dramatic circumstances” said the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell upon arrival to the Europa building in Brussels, where the the Ministers of the…
MEPs demand Hamas dismantling
Strasbourg 18.01.2024 MEPs demand that all hostages are immediately and unconditionally released and the terrorist organisation Hamas dismantled. In a resolution adopted on Thursday, January 18, MEPs express their deepest sorrow over the innocent victims on both sides. They call for a permanent ceasefire and to restart efforts towards a political solution provided that all…
EU: Hanukkah lights at Schuman square
Brussels 08.12.2023 Amid war on terrorism the IDF is conducting in Gaza, the European leaders demonstrate firmly their solidarity with the people of Israel, and the European Jews, not only by a political support, but also by respect of the Jewish millennia long beautiful tradition of lightening candles on Hanukkah festival. On Sunday, December 10,…
EU welcomes release of Israel hostages
Brussels 30.11.2023 “The EU welcomes the fact that, finally, the truce agreed between Israel and Hamas has started today. It should be fully implemented as a first step towards ending the ongoing horrific humanitarian situation in Gaza, and extended for a longer period” reads the statement by the EU High Representative Josep Borrell on the…
EU welcomes release of Israel hostages
Brussels 25.11.2023 “The EU welcomes the fact that, finally, the truce agreed between Israel and Hamas has started today. It should be fully implemented as a first step towards ending the ongoing horrific humanitarian situation in Gaza, and extended for a longer period” reads the statement by the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell on the…
Borrell announces Middle East voyage
Brussels 14.11.2023 “… There were intense contacts between the Member States, in particular after the holding in Paris of the conference called by France to collect humanitarian aid for Gaza and the statements made by the President of the French Republic [Emmanuel Macron]. , several Member States asked me to launch a new attempt to…
EU diplomats convene in Brussels
Brussel 13.11.2023 The Foreign Affairs Council takes place over two days and be chaired by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell. The EU Foreign Affairs Ministers will discuss the Russian aggression against Ukraine and the latest developments concerning Armenia and Azerbaijan. The Council will then exchange views on the…
EU: Israel exposes Hamas terrorists crimes
Brussels 06.11.2023 Anna Van Densky The members of the Brussels press corps have participated in the screening of the assembled fragments of the video and photo evidence of the Hamas terrorists’ crimes on October 7. The event took place in the Israel Embassy in Belgium in presence of two Ambassadors, who answered questions of journalists….