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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 363

Emanuele Giaufret

Ultra-Orthodox Jews at the scene of a deadly crush during Lag BaOmer festival at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, April 30, 2021 (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
April 30, 2021, 11:26 am
Global leaders, Jewish groups express ‘shock’ and ‘heartbreak’ at Meron tragedy
Messages of solidarity and support pour in from US, Britain, Germany, EU, India, Jordan, UAE, Bahrain and beyond
By Lazar Berman
Illustrative: A Palestinian protester carries a national flag and a slingshot during a demonstration near the fence along the border with Israel, east of Gaza City, on February 1, 2019. (Said Khatib/AFP)
June 17, 2020, 6:39 pm
In first, EU nixes grant to Palestinian NGO refusing to sign anti-terror clause
Badil loses NIS 6.5 million for project seeking to expose alleged Israeli crimes in Jerusalem, laments bloc’s ‘adoption of allegations by the Zionist lobby and Israeli campaigns’
By Raphael Ahren
Olivér Várhelyi, the Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, during a meeting of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, May 2020 (Twitter)
May 20, 2020, 4:18 pm
EU official urges probe ensuring no funds benefit Palestinian terror backers
Official in charge of relations with EU’s neighbors tells bloc’s envoys to Israel, Palestinian Authority ‘to look deep’ because ‘if there is any concern, we will act immediately’
By Raphael Ahren
EU ambassador to Israel Emanuele Giaufret at the president's residence in Jerusalem on October 23, 2017. (Mark Neyman/GPO)
May 7, 2020, 7:23 pm
Foreign Ministry rebukes EU ambassador over ‘support for terrorism’
Harsh dressing down follows EU official in West Bank and Gaza saying even Palestinians affiliated with blacklisted groups remain eligible to participate in EU-funded projects
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative: EU representative to the Palestinians Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff, right, hands more than 800 food packages to the PA's social development minister to be distributed to poor Palestinian families, April 30, 2020 (Facebook)
May 6, 2020, 10:38 pm
Israel fumes after EU says Palestinian terror supporters can still get funds
Foreign Ministry summons ambassador in response to envoy to West Bank and Gaza saying Palestinian grantees may include those affiliated with blacklisted groups
By Raphael Ahren
Graffiti reading 'German money kills Jews' and 'EU get out' is seen on the entrance to the European Union's diplomatic mission in Ramat Gan, on September 15, 2019. (Twitter)
February 2, 2020, 11:41 am
Far-right activists charged with vandalizing EU diplomatic mission
Anti-immigration advocates and mother of slain policewoman indicted on charges that could land them in prison for up to six years
By ToI Staff
Palestinian rockets are being fired from Gaza city on November 12, 2019. (BASHAR TALEB/ AFP)
November 12, 2019, 11:08 am
EU condemns ‘utterly unacceptable’ Gaza rocket fire on Israeli civilians
‘Terrorists are very likely to try to carry out attacks,’ UK Foreign Office says in updated travel advisory; Dutch embassy in Tel Aviv remains closed
By Raphael Ahren
Graffiti reading 'German money kills Jews' and 'EU get out' is seen on the entrance to the European Union's diplomatic mission in Ramat Gan, on September 15, 2019. (Twitter)
September 15, 2019, 8:37 pm
‘EU get out’: Right-wing activist vandalizes European Union mission in Israel
Sheffi Paz openly filmed carrying out attack with second woman; envoy condemns ‘deplorable’ vandalism, Israel’s foreign minister ‘appalled’
By ToI Staff
Israelis embrace next to the scene where Dvir Sorek was found stabbed to death, outside the West Bank settlement of Migdal Oz, on August 8, 2019. (Hazem Bader/AFP)
August 8, 2019, 8:12 pm
UN, Western diplomats denounce murder of teenage Israeli student
United Nations envoy calls killing of Dvir Sorek ‘cowardly, dangerous,’ while US, EU and UK all issue condemnations, offer condolences to victim’s family
By ToI Staff
President Reuven Rivlin (R) and European Union Ambassador to Israel Emanuele Giaufret at an event in Tel Aviv on May 15, 2019. (Mark Neiman/GPO)
May 16, 2019, 12:48 am
Rivlin hails ‘flourishing relations’ with European Union after years of tensions
At Tel Aviv event, president thanks EU envoy for ‘tremendous’ efforts to improve ties, which have faced strain over disagreements on settlements, Iran nuclear deal
By ToI Staff
A picture taken from the Gaza Strip on May 4, 2019 shows rockets being launched toward Israel (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
May 4, 2019, 9:53 pm
European leaders strongly condemn Gaza rocket fire on Israel
Attacks ‘must stop immediately,’ EU says; Israel’s security is ‘a raison d’état,’ Austria declares; Berlin and Madrid urge restraint
By Raphael Ahren
A damaged house after it was hit by a rocket in the village of Mishmeret, north of Tel Aviv on March 25, 2019. (Jack GUEZ/AFP)
March 25, 2019, 3:26 pm
International condemnation of rocket fire from Gaza that injured seven
Trump’s envoy for peace process affirm’s Israel’s right to defend itself, European Union ambassador says attack ‘unacceptable,’ Czech president backs ‘vigorous response’
By Raphael Ahren
US Special Envoy Jason Greenblatt attends a press conference regarding the water agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, on July 13, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/File)
March 15, 2019, 1:02 am
Trump’s peace envoy condemns ‘outrageous’ rocket fire at Tel Aviv, slams Hamas
Jason Greenblatt says ‘this is what prevents the world from helping the people of Gaza’; EU envoy expresses ‘grave concern’ at attack, calls targeting civilian areas ‘unacceptable’
By Raphael Ahren
Benny Gantz (second from L) meets with EU ambassadors on March 12, 2019. (Twitter)
March 12, 2019, 5:13 pm
Gantz avoids endorsing two-state solution in meeting with EU envoys
But Blue and White leader says an ‘arrangement’ with Palestinians must be reached; appears to rebuke Netanyahu for saying Israel ‘not a state of all its citizens’
By Raphael Ahren and Michael Bachner
A bus burns after it was hit by an anti-tank missile fired from the Gaza Strip near the Israel-Gaza border on November 12, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces/Twitter)
November 12, 2018, 10:08 pm
International community condemns rocket fire on Israel
US unequivocally backs Jerusalem’s response to attacks from Gaza; UN, EU and Russia call on both sides to work to prevent further escalation
By Raphael Ahren
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