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January 25, 2013
10:15 pm

Illustrative photo of a nuclear material sign (photo credit:Flickr/bburky CC: BY SA 2.0)

Washington exasperated with Iranian evasiveness

US says Tehran keeps coming up with ‘new preconditions, new dates’ for nuke talks; Prosor lashes out at Ahmadinejad

January 17, 2013
2:39 am

Palestinians chant slogans against Prime Minister Salam Fayyad while protesting the high cost of living in the West Bank city of Hebron, September 10, 2012. (photo credit: Nasser Shiyoukhi/AP)

Saudi Arabia pledges $100 million to PA

King Abdullah allocates aid to West Bank to help overcome ongoing financial crisis; EU says it too will send funds to Palestinians

By Adiv Sterman

January 10, 2013
9:41 am

Jewish candidate Jan Fischer is favored to advance to the second round of the presidential elections in the Czech Republic. (Courtesy of the Jan Fischer campaign via JTA)

Czech ‘Joe Lieberman’ could be Europe’s first Jewish president

The son of an Auschwitz survivor, Jan Fischer compensates for his lack of charisma simply by being ‘ordinary’

By Dinah Spritzer

January 9, 2013
8:09 pm

EU boss: Jews exemplify cultural integration

Preserving Jewish tradition is ‘part of our European Union,’ Barroso says

January 7, 2013
7:14 pm

Anti-Semitic incidents in Austria nearly doubled in 2012

Nevertheless, country remains a magnet for Jews from neighboring Hungary, where situation is even worse

January 4, 2013
8:30 pm

Poland provided the most visitors to Auschwitz last year, followed by the UK, US, Italy and Germany. (Serge Attal/Flash 90)

Auschwitz sets record with 1.43 million visitors in 2012

Tourist trips to the death camp have tripled in the past decade, both preserving victims’ memory and threatening to damage the site

December 20, 2012
1:30 am

The UN Security Council chamber (photo credit: CC BY-SA Gruban, Flickr)

Security Council members step up pressure on Israel over settlements

US blocks vote on resolution against Israel and joint presidential statement condemning move

By AP and Times of Israel staff

December 19, 2012
9:21 pm

Members of the United Nations Security Council (photo credit: AP/Craig Ruttle)

Security Council’s 4 EU members rebuke Israel for settlement activities

France, Germany, Portugal and the UK say construction plans undermine faith in Israel’s willingness to negotiate

By Ron Friedman and Adiv Sterman

December 13, 2012
12:58 pm

The restored synagogue in Jicin, Czech Republic, will serve as one of 10 sites in a planned network of new Jewish museums. (Ruth Ellen Gruber/JTA)

Czech Jewish museum will literally be ‘scattered around the country’

Nationwide tribute to Jewish history will be spread across former synagogues in 10 cities

By Ruth Ellen Gruber

December 12, 2012
7:15 pm

EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, left, speaks with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle during a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels on Monday, Dec. 10 (photocredit: AP/Virginia Mayo)

Four EU states reportedly tried to foil condemnation of Mashaal hate speech

Intervention by Prague and Berlin got clause against Hamas inserted into end of statement; France continues Ma’aleh Adumim expansion

By Ilan Ben Zion

December 12, 2012
4:27 pm

Jewish group says EU ‘legtimized terror’

European leaders accuse organization of singling out Israel for criticism while ignoring Hamas

December 11, 2012
6:21 am

Hezbollah flag flies in Lebanon (photo credit: CC Upyernoz/Wikipedia)

America increases pressure on EU to designate Hezbollah a terror organization

Senate resolution aims to prevent Lebanese group from fundraising, recruiting in Europe

By Haviv Rettig Gur

December 4, 2012
5:52 am

Then-US president George W. Bush welcomes then-prime minister Ehud Olmert to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington in May of 2006. (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)

Israel must work with US, EU on Iran nuke threat, former premier says

‘When the time comes, everything that needs to be done, will be done — in a decisive way,’ says Olmert

By Peter James Spielmann

November 25, 2012
4:30 pm

Johan Tynnel, the director of security for Denmark’s Jewish community, addresses a European Jewish Congress crisis management seminar in Brussels. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)

Low on funds and state protection, Europe’s Jews remain vulnerable

Facing constant threats and limited resources, communities across the continent are struggling to provide their own security

By Cnaan Liphshiz

November 13, 2012
6:13 am

Members of the UK-based NGO Peace Strike demonstrating for peace with Iran in London, Sept. 12, 2012. (PeaceStrike.org)

‘Robust’ EU sanctions no match for Tehran’s tricks, experts say

‘By the time one company is blacklisted, the Iranians have set up 10 new ones’