LONDON (AA) – The European Union has expressed concern over controversial Israeli projects in Jerusalem, saying they threaten to permanently change the character of numerous holy sites of the Abrahamic faiths. In a statement, the Office of the European Union Representative (West Bank and Gaza Strip, UNRWA) expressed concern over projects...
LONDON (AA) – The European Union’s border agency, Frontex, and Malta are “systematically sharing the coordinates of refugee boats” trying to escape Libya with a vessel operated by a militia group, a report has said. The report, published by Lighthouse Reports, said Frontex and the Maltese government are sharing the informatio...
BERLIN (AA) – EU member states are discussing sanctions against violent illegal Israeli settlers who have carried out acts of terrorism against Palestinians in the West Bank, Germany’s deputy foreign minister said on Monday. “We are currently discussing what we can do, as EU member states, on this issue. As Germany, we are also consideri...
BERLIN (AA) — Germany on Wednesday said that the EU member states will discuss possible sanctions on Israeli settlers. The German Foreign Ministry spokesman told a news conference in Berlin that the issue will be discussed during an EU foreign ministers meeting next week. “We welcome that the US has adopted a clear stance, as […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has warned of war expansion in the region if Israeli forces continue to commit war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian spoke by phone with European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell about the latest developments on Israel’s a...
Barcelona, Spain — AFP The EU’s top foreign policy official Josep Borrell has called for an extension of the truce in the Gaza Strip, which is to end on Tuesday. The four-day pause has seen tearful reunions of dozens of Palestinian prisoners as well as the return of Israeli hostages in the first relief in […]
Kibbutz Beeri, Israel – – AFP EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has called for Gaza hostages to be immediately freed. He also asked Israel “not to be consumed by rage” in its so-called “battle with Hamas” in the Palestinian territory. “I ask for their immediate and unconditional release,” Bor...
Brussels, Belgium – – AFP The EU’s humanitarian aid chief has called for “meaningful” pauses in Israel’s war on Gaza and urgent deliveries of fuel to keep hospitals working in the territory. “It is urgent to define and respect humanitarian pauses,” Janez Lenarcic, European Commissioner for Crisis...
BRUSSELS (AA) – A former EU diplomat to the Middle East has criticized the bloc’s stance towards Palestine. Associate Senior Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) James Moran said that he did not “consider Israel’s acts within the scope of ‘self-defense.'” He described them as “callous, dispropor...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has said that EU lawmakers had proposed action against Malaysia because of its support to Palestine, according to state-run Bernama News. “There were European MPs who proposed this (action) against Malaysia,” said Anwar, suggesting his personal safety may be at risk. His comments came after he...