Brussels Office Hosts ‘She’s Gone Exhibition’ in Collaboration with EJCC, Featuring Distinguished Speakers and Performances
In collaboration with our EJCC colleagues, we helped host the “She’s Gone Exhibition” here at our office in Brussels. The event began with a welcome from Mrs. Nehama-Dina Uzan, the Programme Director of the European Jewish Community Centre (EJCC), followed by a speech from H.E. Ambassador Idit Rosenzweig Abu, the Head of Mission at the […]
EIPA Organizes Insightful Press Trip to Israel: Briefings by Israeli Defence Ministry Official and Education Expert
Our EIPA colleagues are organising a press trip to Israel. Yesterday, participants were treated to a thought-provoking briefing and geopolitical overview of the Middle East by Zohar Palti, head of the Political-Military Bureau at Israel Ministry of Defense. Palti, who has a distinguished background including leadership roles in Mossad’s intelligence directorate and the IDF Intelligence […]
EIPA Organizes Press Trip to Israel, Meeting Survivors and Leaders, Including IDF Officers, Near Gaza Border
Our EIPA colleagues arranged a press trip to Israel. The agenda included a visit to Kibbutz Kissufim near the Gaza Strip to meet survivors of the October 7th Hamas massacre. They also met Gadi Yarkoni, Mayor of the Eshkol Regional Council, and visited the site of the Nova Re’im music festival massacre. Other highlights included […]
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Antisemitism in Paris university: Jewish student barred from entering because she was “Jewish” and therefore “Zionist”
The student was prevented from entering because she was J”ewish and therefore a Zionist.” French President Emmanuel Macron called the incident “unspeakable and perfectly intolerable.” A Jewish student was barred from entering a lecture hall at the elite French university Sciences Po by pro-Palestinian demonstrators who occupied the place and renamed it “Gaza Amphitheater”. The […]
Israel’s President Herzog to attend Sunday’s inauguration of National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam
Herzog’s visit to the Netherlands is part of Israel’s ongoing efforts to free the hostages held by terrorist group Hamas. In this context, he will have a series of diplomatic meetings focusing on efforts to return the hostages brutally held by Hamas in Gaza, as well as on raising awareness of the need to combat […]
Israel welcomes launch of maritime corridor from Cyprus to Gaza Strip
“We are now very close to opening this corridor, hopefully this Saturday-Sunday and I’m very glad to see an initial pilot will be launched today,” said European Commission Ursula von der Leyen a visit to Cyprus where she met Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides. Israel on Friday welcomed the inauguration of a maritime corridor from Cyprus […]
The European Broadcasting Union’s decision cleared the last hurdle for the Jewish state to participate in May’s musical extravaganza.
Israel will be allowed to compete in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest with the reworked entry “Hurricane,” organizers informed Jerusalem on Thursday. After the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which organizes the annual musical extravaganza, threatened to disqualify two of Israel’s entries over perceived political messaging, the Kan broadcaster worked to modify the lyrics to ensure the country’s participation […]
Rabbis and Community Honour Victims at Oporto Cemetery Memorial
Renowned European and Israeli Rabbis, along with members of the Jewish community, gathered at the Oporto cemetery in Portugal to inaugurate a memorial for the victims of the 7th October tragedy. The event, organised by various Jewish associations, included prayers led by Rabbi Simcha Steinberg and speeches by Rabbi Binyamin Jacobs and Rabbi Netanel Lev, […]
Diary Reflections on Jewish Identity and Antisemitism in the Netherlands
“I stress time and again that most victims of ISIS are Muslims. And when a topper from our government said to me, when we were discussing anti-Semitism, that in the Netherlands today 98 per cent of anti-Semitism comes from Muslims living in our country, I pointed out to him that when 80 per cent of […]