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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 593

Lars Faaborg-Andersen

File: Yahya Sinwar, right, the new leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and senior Hamas official Ismail Haniyeh attend the funeral of Hamas official Mazen Faqha in Gaza city on March 25, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)
July 26, 2017, 11:18 am
EU top court rules Hamas to stay on its list of terror groups
Decision comes as surprise, as court’s top lawyer had argued in favor of 2014 decision to delist the Palestinian organization
By Raphael Ahren
Screen capture from video of Emanuele Giafret, European Union head of the Division for Democracy and Electoral Observation within the EU's external action branch. (YouTube/UNITARHQ)
May 17, 2017, 11:26 pm
European Union names new ambassador to Israel
Emanuele Giaufret to take over when Lars Faaborg-Andersen completes his four-year stint in the summer
By Raphael Ahren and Stuart Winer
Israeli security forces inspect the site of a car ramming attack outside the Israeli West Bank Settlement of Ofra on April 6, 2017. (AFP Photo/Thomas Coex)
April 6, 2017, 3:00 pm
European envoys condemn deadly West Bank car-ramming
Right-wing MKs call for West Bank annexation, blame Trump after Palestinian driver kills Israeli soldier
By Stuart Winer and Judah Ari Gross
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (left) shakes hands with EU ambassador Lars Faaborg Anderson during a meeting on December 7, 2016. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
February 8, 2017, 7:10 pm
Israel is merely paying ‘lip service’ to 2-state solution, complains EU envoy
Lars Faaborg-Andersen does not rule out steps against Israel after passage of Regulation Law, announcement of 6,000 new settler homes
By Raphael Ahren
Lawmakers from the Joint (Arab) List meet with European Union representatives in the Knesset, January 18, 2017. (Courtesy)
January 19, 2017, 5:25 am
Arab MKs complain of ‘cruel Israeli policies’ to EU delegation
Following deadly violence in Umm al-Hiran, Joint List MKs discuss ‘anti-democratic laws’ advanced by Netanyahu government
By ToI Staff
Israeli security forces and emergency personnel gather at the site of a vehicle-ramming attack in Jerusalem, on January 8, 2017. (AFP/MENAHEM KAHANA)
January 8, 2017, 10:02 pm
US, EU lead international condemnation of Jerusalem attack
France ‘places itself on Israel’s side in its fight against terrorism,’ says FM, as local envoys, governments slam truck-ramming terror attack
By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff
Israeli security forces and emergency personnel gather at the site of a vehicle-ramming attack in Jerusalem, on January 8, 2017. (AFP/MENAHEM KAHANA)
January 8, 2017, 3:25 pm
Foreign officials express horror, condemn Jerusalem terror attack
UN special envoy to the peace process says there are ‘absolutely no excuses’ for vehicular attack that killed 4, ‘must be condemned by all’
By Raphael Ahren
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
A building funded by the European Union in the West Bank. (Ben Sales/JTA)
November 7, 2016, 12:23 pm
EU could seek damages for West Bank buildings razed by Israel
Committee recommends member states seek reparations for demolition of Palestinian structures in Israeli-administered area — report
By ToI Staff
An EU-funded shelter in the Palestinian village of Umm al-Khair, demolished by Israeli authorities on August 9, 2016. (Courtesy Guy Butavia)
August 12, 2016, 7:24 am
France fumes over razing of Paris-funded Palestinian buildings
Government says Israel’s demolitions of European projects in West Bank ‘a violation of international law’
By Dov Lieber and ToI Staff
Israeli troops demolish 5 sheds in the West Bank village of Um Alkhair, south of Hebron on August 9, 2016. T(Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
August 10, 2016, 4:12 am
US ‘troubled’ by demolitions of EU-funded Palestinian homes
State Department says ‘provocative’ razing of West Bank structures ‘part of an ongoing process of land seizures’ and ‘denial of Palestinian development’
By Dov Lieber and ToI Staff
The Palestinian Hathaleen family seen at the ruins of their sheds demolished by Israeli troops in the West Bank village of Um Alkhair, south of Hebron on August 9, 2016. The sheds were demolished for the 9th time as Palestinians don't have the Israeli building permits required, near the settlement of Karmael. Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ???????? ????? ??? ?????? ????? ?????? ??? ????? ???? ??? ???? ?????? ??? ?????? ????? ???? ????? ????
August 9, 2016, 12:57 pm
Israel razes three EU-funded Palestinian homes in West Bank
Demolitions follow Brussels’ promise to continue funding shelters even in areas under full IDF control, despite Israeli objection
By Dov Lieber
A Palestinian family whose house was demolished by Israeli bulldozers walk past a tent on April 21, 2015, in the southern West Bank village of Ad-Deirat Rifaiyya. (Hazem Bader/AFP)
July 28, 2016, 9:31 pm
UN: Israel ‘systematically’ emptying Area C of Palestinians
Opposition MKs also accuse government of embittering West Bank residents to facilitate future annexation; Israel categorically denies allegations
By Dov Lieber
Reproduction photo, courtesy of the family, of Hallel Yaffa Ariel, 13, who was stabbed and killed in a terror attack in the settlement of Kiryat Arba, in the West Bank on June 30, 2016 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 30, 2016, 11:15 pm
Teen killed in Kiryat Arba terror attack was an American citizen
Hallel Yaffa Ariel, 13, was stabbed to death by Palestinian teenager as she slept in her bed in her family’s home
By Tamar Pileggi
First responders remove a mattress from the home of 13-year-old Hallel Yaffa Ariel, who died of her wounds after she was stabbed by a Palestinian terrorist as she lay in bed at her home in Kiryat Arba, in the West Bank, June 30, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 30, 2016, 6:18 pm
US, Germany condemn killing of sleeping Israeli teen
State Department calls Kiryat Arba terror attack ‘unconscionable’; in Hebrew, Berlin says it is a ‘new record in atrocious and cruel acts’
By Stuart Winer
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