EU officials squabble over conditions for Palestinian aid

A rare public clash between EU officials took place in recent days after the 27-member body announced unprecedented measures to potentially cut aid to the Palestinian Authority over its incitement to terrorism. Read more

Opinionated Pronouncements

At the best of times, Israel is the target of unsolicited verbiage from all and sundry. Read more

Israel signals end to EU-funded unauthorised building in West Bank

Israel’s decision to evict all 53 Jewish families from the unauthorised settlement of Evyatar in the West Bank this week should send a clear signal to the European Union (EU) that its days of financing and facilitating the building of unauthorised Arab structures in Area C of the West Bank are over. Read more

Do-gooders who do bad – NGO problems exposed at AIJAC webinar

With terrorism and antisemitism ever-present threats, the latest webinar from the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) featured NGO Monitor Vice President Olga Deutsch, whose topic was “Following the Money Trail: An Insight into the Funding of Terrorism and Antisemitism”. Read more

EU ambassador reprimanded again for ‘interfering with Israeli legislation’

Prime Minister Netanyahu instructed Israel’s foreign ministry to summon the EU ambassador for the second time. Read more

Double speak needs to be challenged

George Orwell hit the nail on the head when he stated: “The further society drifts from truth the more it will hate those that speak it”…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

EU Task Force to deal with antisemitism

The B’nai Brith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has welcomed the call by Federica Mogherini, Vice President of the European Commission and High Representative of the E.U. for Foreign Affairs, for the establishment of a European Union task force on antisemitism. Read more

European Union Causes Peace Process And Quartet Meltdown

David Singer writes on the EU’s illegal funding of buildings in the West Bank. Read more

Beyond the Pale…writes Michael Kuttner

Not so many years ago back in Czarist Russia, Jews were confined to certain areas of the country beyond which they were not allowed to live. Ironically in light of today’s developments this was called the Pale of Settlement. Of course Russia was not alone in confining its hapless Jews to certain clearly defined areas as most of Europe from time to time also indulged in this selective practice of segregating where their Jewish population could live. Read more

Palestine – European Union Can’t Be Judge And Jury…writes David Singer

The decision by the European Union (EU) to boycott Jewish organisations and institutions based in the West Bank and East Jerusalem will bring much joy to the Arab world’s on-going vicious hate campaign of denigration and demonization of the Jewish State. Read more