Harsh Israeli treatment of flotilla activists causes global outrage
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Israel demands Poland removes MP who displayed swastika on Israeli flag
The Israeli Government has called on Poland to take “decisive and swift” action against a member of parliament who displayed a swastika on an Israeli flag…
Darts Regulation Authority changes rules to keep trans persons out of women’s tournaments
Biological men who self-identify as female will no longer be allowed to compete against women in professional darts tournaments.
Israel sizes up its next enemy: Will Turkey become the new Iran?
It should by now be rather clear.
Italy summons Israeli ambassador after officers threatened at gunpoint in West Bank
Italy has summoned Israel's ambassador to Rome in a sharp diplomatic protest following an incident in which two Italian military policemen were threatened at gunpoint.
Israel: No other nation would remain so calm in the face of mass murder
Two digs, one hundred and fifty kilometres apart, tell a common story of singular purpose.
Swiss Eurovision winner Nemo to return trophy in protest at Israel’s participation next year
Nemo, Switzerland's triumphant entry in last year's Eurovision Song Contest, said he is returning his trophy in protest over Israel's continued participation.
Four EU countries pull out of Eurovision as Israel’s place confirmed
Four European Union nations have pulled out of the Eurovision Song Contest after organisers opted not to vote on Israel's future participation, allowing it to take…
Eurovision Song Contest voting rules change after Israeli success
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has unveiled a series of reforms to the voting and promotional rules for the Eurovision Song Contest, a move widely seen as…
Jew-hatred now marked ‘Made in Great Britain’
October 7, 2023 will, like Kristallnacht, live forever in the Jewish collective memory, not just for the proto-genocide of 1,200 Jews in Israel but also the ensuing…
If Europeans were in Israel’s place, would they defend themselves?
I don’t trust the overwhelming, unanimous indignation, nor the sea of Palestinian flags unfurled on land, sea, and air at film festivals, in stadiums, cycling…
Eurovision Song Contest faces more boycotts if Israel participates
The Netherlands has become the latest country to threaten withdrawal from the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if Israel is allowed to participate.
Israeli tourists attacked at Dutch holiday park
Two Israeli tourists in the Netherlands suffered injuries after being attacked in a holiday park were they were staying.
Israeli PM Netanyahu slams France and Australia for ‘anti-Semitism’
A row between Israel and France over Paris' plan to recognise a Palestinian State in September escalated to crisis level when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused…
Diplomatic uproar over Israeli football fans blaming Poles for the Holocaust
Israeli supporters of Maccabi Haifa Israeli football team have been slammed by the Polish authorities as well as the Israeli embassy in Poland for displaying a banner…
Slovenia ‘first EU nation’ to ban weapons trade with Israel
Slovenia said it will ban all weapons trade with Israel over the war in Gaza in what it said was a first by a European Union nation.
Trump delivers to the Jews ‘a state of unconditional legitimacy’
Rarely in recent years has the tendency of Western European and Canadian leaders to bustle about international crises, inflicting mindless pieties about “cease-fires”…
Peace through strength: Where it matters, Israel is becoming more accepted
I am in no position to predict the final outcome of the Iran-Israel conflict, but from a historical perspective, the odds of Israel emerging stronger are quite favourable.
France, UK and Canada betray Israel with false and cowardly statements
No one should be in the slightest doubt of the cowardly and hypocritical posturing of the joint declaration of France, the United Kingdom, and Canada last week about…
“I am disappointed they excluded Russia but let Israel in”, says Austrian Eurovision winner
Austria's Eurovision winner Johannes “JJ” Pietsch has come under fire for critical remarks about Israel and equating its war in Gaza with Russia's invasion of…
Anti-Semitic protests mar Eurovision song contest kickoff
Protesters demanding Israel be excluded from Eurovision overshadowed the 2025 song contest's May 11 opening parade in Basel, Switzerland.
Israel’s Likud party joins Patriots.eu in European Parliament as observer
The European Parliament right-wing alliance Patriots.eu has announced that Israel’s Likud party has joined its ranks as an observer member.
Founding Israel: hatred, hypocrisy, dishonesty, hubris, all round
Eighty years ago last Sunday, Soviet troops “liberated” what remained of Auschwitz.
Israel slams Poland for refusing Netanyahu safe passage to Auschwitz event
The centre-left Polish government of prime minister Donald Tusk has said that it respects all International Criminal Court (ICC) decisions and warrants, making it…
Ireland aligns itself with Hamas and Iran, heading for terrible reckoning
A strange insanity is sweeping across Europe, with state after state seemingly dedicated to destroying both its own credibility and very existence.
Turkey and Israel in Syria: Common ground for the best of enemies
They are supposed to be geopolitical arch-rivals. They are also historical opponents.
Collapse of Syria final death knell of 1919 attempts by Allies to build nations
Whatever else it may be, the collapse of the Assad government in Syria must rank as the final unflattering death knell of the attempts at nation-building by the…
European attitude to Israel shows moral rot among leaders
It is both a pitiful and contemptible state of affairs when within a few days of each other the pope writes, at least as a personal reflection and not on behalf…
Senior Irish clergyman said Israelis embrace ‘blasphemies of a Master Race’
November 1944 was a defining month in the history of the Holocaust.
Israel in shock after ‘anti-Semitic football violence’ in Amsterdam
Reported anti-Semitic violence following a football match in Amsterdam between Dutch team Ajax and Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv has caused shock in Israel and across…