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British lawmakers press government for immediate ban on Israeli West Bank settlement imports

“If settlements are illegal, why have we not made an outright ban on trade? What exactly is it that we’re waiting for?” said Abtisam Mohamed, a Labour politician.

Member of Parliament Abtisam Mohamed looks on on the day Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a ministerial statement on Hamas' October 7 attack anniversary and the Middle East at the House of Commons, in London, Britain, October 7, 2024.
View of the European Parliament during a plenary session in Brussels, Belgium, March 2, 2017.

The hypocrisy of Ireland’s EU presidency commitments - opinion

Gideon Taylor, president of the World Jewish restitution Organization (WJRO).

Italian Parliament advances groundbreaking bill to return Holocaust-era looted art

Demonstrators attend a pro-Palestinian protest on the day of the two-year anniversary of the attack on Israel by Hamas, in New York City, US, October 7, 2025. REUTERS

The civilizational divide: European Right aligned with Israel, America's Right aligned with Left


EU prosecutor's office investigates alleged misuse of funds by far-right lawmakers

Media outlets across the EU reported that a draft European Parliament audit found parties linked to the group engaged in improper procurement and donated to non-parliamentary activities.

European flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 20, 2023.

European Parliament condemns PA textbooks for six years in a row

The resolutions called for EU funding to the PA to be frozen until textbooks are reformed. It also signaled growing pressure on the European Commission to adopt a similar stance.

European flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 20, 2023.

European Parliament suspends MEP who disrupted Holocaust moment of silence

European Parliament Member Grzegorz Braun was suspended for thirty days from the European Parliament after disrupting the moment of silence "for the next victims of the Jewish genocide in Gaza."

 Grzegorz Braun, member of far-right political alliance Confederation, speaks during a parliament session, after he used a fire extinguisher to put out the Hanukkah menorah candles, at the Parliament in Warsaw, Poland December 12, 2023.

France's Le Pen barred from running for office for five years after graft conviction

The judges also gave Le Pen a four-year prison sentence- of which two years are a suspended sentence - and a 100,000 euro fine.

French far Right leader Marine Le Pen at the courthouse in Paris, France, March 31, 2025.

Tehran rejects EU parliament’s resolution hostage diplomacy

In the government’s statement, it was said that the resolution’s section regarding the IRGC was “completely unjustified.”

 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq December 6, 2024.

Fingers pointing in all directions: Dutch politicians debate Amsterdam attacks, antisemitism

The members of the House debated the role of lack of integration, antisemitism within the Muslim population, and failure of authority in a discussion about the attacks.

 Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof speaks to the media at a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium October 17, 2024.

'The time for silence is over': Experts condemn Hamas's sexual violence and attacks on women

During the event, experts testified that the same forces seeking to attack the Jewish people were abusing women throughout the Middle East.

  (L-R) MEP Fulvio Martusciello, Manel Mslalmi and Dr. Charles Asher Small speaking at the EU Parliament in Brussels, October 15, 2024.

Vilimsky to 'Post': 'Israel represents a bulwark against Islamism and political Islam'

Austrian far-right MEP Harald Vilimsky changes antisemitic and anti-Israel rhetoric after Oct. 7.

HARALD VILIMSKY celebrates the Austrian Freedom Party’s success in the European elections at an election night party in Vienna in June.

When the far-right rises in Europe, where is there room for Israel? - opinion

European countries will stay divided and Israel’s only chance of garnering enough support is through careful engagement on a bilateral level. 

 FRENCH FAR-RIGHT National Rally party leader Marine Le Pen (center) and its president, Jordan Bardella (right), arrive at a tribute to the 42 French citizens killed and all the victims of the Hamas assault on October 7, in the courtyard of the Hotel des Invalides in Paris, in February.

France votes, with far right seeking power

If the nationalist, National Rally party secure a majority, it would usher in France's first far-right government since World War Two and send shockwaves through the European Union.

  Jordan Bardella, President of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party, reacts as he attends a press conference to present policy priorities as part of the campaign for the upcoming French parliamentary elections, in Paris, France, June 24, 2024.