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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with European Union's foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, in Jerusalem, on May 20, 2015. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
September 6, 2017, 1:34 am
More Israelis like the EU than dislike it, poll finds
56 percent of respondents would favor Jewish state joining the union; Israelis split on Brexit
By Raphael Ahren
PM Netanyahu and the leaders of the Visegrad Group -- Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Poland -- in Budapest, July 19, 2017 (Haim Tzach/GPO)
July 19, 2017, 1:08 pm
In hot mic comments, Netanyahu lashes EU’s ‘crazy’ policy on Israel
Unaware that audio from his closed-door meeting with Central European leaders is being piped to reporters, PM says Europe will 'shrivel and disappear' if it doesn't change course
By Raphael Ahren
(L-R) Cypriot Minister of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Yiorgos Lakkotrypis, Italian Economy Minister Carlo Calenda, Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz, EU Commissioner of Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Canete, and Greek Economy minister Giorgos Stathakis sign an accord during a joint press conference following an energy summit in Tel Aviv on April 3, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)
April 3, 2017, 4:10 pm
EU nations, Israel eye longest undersea gas pipeline
Ministers from 4 nations pledge commitment to project that would reduce European reliance on Russian energy
By AFP
View of the Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumin, in the West Bank on January 4, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)
March 3, 2017, 7:04 pm
EU-Israel high-level talks in doubt over settlements
Senior European Union officials seek unified and clear positions on two-state solution ahead of future meetings with Jerusalem
By LORNE COOK
A picture taken from the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip shows a Palestinian man and children on top of a Hamas outpost along the border, on February 25, 2016. (Jack Guez/AFP)
February 22, 2017, 6:36 pm
Israel prevents EU lawmakers from Gaza entry
After visit to Ofer Prison in West Bank, MEPs criticize Jerusalem for barring delegation from Hamas-run coastal enclave
By Agencies
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini, holds a press conference with the Lebanese foreign minister after their meeting in Beirut on January 26, 2017. (AFP/Joseph Eid)
February 1, 2017, 10:20 pm
EU warns new settlements risk making two-state solution ‘impossible’
Europe's foreign policy chief says newly announced plans for thousands of West Bank homes mark 'very worrying trend'
By AFP and TOI staff
Avi Dichter, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, on December 8, 2016 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 3, 2017, 8:45 pm
Senior MK tells EU officials: To extremists, we’re all enemies
Avi Dichter chairs joint session with visiting delegates; European parliament official: We must work together in new world of global terrorism
By TOI staff
Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon at an anti-BDS conference held at the UN headquarters in New York on November 17, 2016. (Harel Rintzler)
December 9, 2016, 11:14 am
UN blacklist of companies working in settlements advances
Vote set for next week on funding to implement resolution that passed in March; Israeli envoy says fighting decision
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas during the state funeral of late president Shimon Peres, held at Mt. Herzl, in Jerusalem on September 30, 2016. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
November 26, 2016, 8:16 pm
In phone call, Netanyahu thanks Abbas for PA help fighting nationwide fires
PM notes appreciation for Jews, Arabs who opened their homes to those affected by blazes; Herzog says tragedy shows 'glimmer of hope that things can be different'
By TOI staff
Palestinian firefighters work in Haifa, Israel, Friday, Nov. 25, 2016. Firefighters have reined in a blaze that spread across Israel's third-largest city of Haifa and forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
November 26, 2016, 10:41 am
Dozens of Cyprus firefighters arrive; Israel thanks Palestinian counterparts
Palestinian fire chief to visit command centers at Neve Ilan and Rishon Lezion, as Israel shows its appreciation for PA teams helping to battle blazes
By TOI staff
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini talks to reporters during a Foreign Affairs meeting in Luxembourg on October 17, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/JOHN THYS)
November 25, 2016, 5:54 pm
Mogherini: EU stands by Israel in its time of need
European foreign policy chief pledges 'concrete support' as member states send teams to help battle blazes
By TOI staff
International diplomats wait ahead of a press conference by EU Representative in Gaza City, on November 8, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)
November 8, 2016, 6:36 pm
22 EU diplomats visit Gaza, urge Israel to lift restrictions
Head of delegation calls for 'steps to bring about political, security and economic change' in Hamas-run enclave
By AFP and TOI staff
Britain's ambassador to Israel, David Quarrey. (British Embassy Israel)
October 21, 2016, 11:00 am
Brexit will bring closer Israel-UK ties, British envoy says
Ambassador David Quarrey says his country leaving the European Union creates 'real opportunity' for closer ties with Jerusalem
By Raoul Wootliff
Illustrative photo of a construction site in Tekoa, a Jewish settlement in the West Bank, on September 7, 2014 (Flash90)
September 2, 2016, 11:39 am
EU: ‘Serious concern’ over new settlement construction
Continued building 'steadily eroding the viability of the two-state solution,' Brussels warns after Israel announces over 460 new homes
By TOI staff and AFP
President Reuven Rivlin delivers a speech at the European Union Parliament in Brussels on June 22, 2016. (AFP Photo/John Thys)
June 22, 2016, 8:10 pm
Rivlin: French plan seeks peace talks ‘for negotiations’ sake’
International efforts to broker deal doomed to fail due to 'all or nothing' approach to two-state solution, president says
By Tamar Pileggi
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