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A view of the entrance of Evin prison in Tehran, Iran October 17, 2022

EU sanctions Iranian prison officials, entities over human rights abuses

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa and Vice-President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas attend a press conference, following their meeting at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah Monday, March 24, 2025.

EU announces €1.6 billion support package for Palestinian Authority reforms

A European Union flag flutters outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium April 9, 2025.

EU to start retaliating against US tariffs on Tuesday

German conservative candidate for chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz attends a press conference following the German general election in Berlin, Germany, February 24, 2025.

Fearing further market meltdown, Germany's Merz calls for swift action on tariffs

By REUTERS

European Union High Representative Kaja Kallas and UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen meet with foreign ministers of different Middle Eastern states, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, to discuss developments in Syria, on Dec. 14, 2024.

EU Parliament calls to expand presence in Middle East

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, US, April 2, 2025

Trump says he will impose 10% tariff on all imports, with higher rates for some

By REUTERS , PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA

Pro-Palestinian protests in Berlin.

Citing post-Holocaust doctrine, Germany seeks to deport pro-Palestinian protesters

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA

France's National Rally (RN) leader Jordan Bardella attends a conference organized by the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on March 27, 2025.

After Le Pen ban, could National Rally's Bardella be France’s right man at right time?

By ALEX WINSTON

A PROTEST against European rearmament and the proposed common defense policy takes place at Piazza Barberini, in Rome, last week.

How can an antisemitic EU fight antisemitism?

European Union High Representative Kaja Kallas and UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen meet with foreign ministers of different Middle Eastern states, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, to discuss developments in Syria, on Dec. 14, 2024.

Minorities abandoned: Europe's double standard on Islamist oppression in the Middle East

By FREDDY EYTAN

France's President Emmanuel Macron, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Volodymyr Zelensky attend the European leaders' summit to discuss European security and Ukraine, at Lancaster House in London, Britain, March 2, 2025.

One standard for Ukraine, another for Israel

By David Ben-Basat

European leaders pose for a photo at the European leaders' summit in London, Britain, March 2, 2025

Israeli defense companies are gaining as Europe rushes to arms race

By ASSAF UNI , DEAN SHMUEL ELMAS/GLOBES/TNS

Hamas terrorists standing in front of EU flags; illustrative.

EU condemns Hamas for rejecting ceasefire extension, urges new negotiations

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar at the EU-Israel Association Council in Brussels, Belgium. February 24, 2025.

Sa'ar: Some EU parties need to improve anti-Israeli, antisemitic rhetoric to get our engagement

By AMICHAI STEIN

Gideon Sa'ar, Foreign Affairs Minister, March 28, 2024.

Israel breaks silence, engages with 'right-wing' European parties, Foreign Ministry reveals

By AMICHAI STEIN , Walla!

PALESTINIANS WAIT to cross through a checkpoint, run by US and Egyptian security contractors, near Gaza City last week, after the IDF withdrew from the Netzarim Corridor, allowing for travel in both directions between southern and northern Gaza.

EU and Israel to discuss Gaza's future, regional politics

By REUTERS

EUROPEAN COUNCIL President Antonio Costa takes part in a news conference during an informal European Union summit in Brussels, earlier this month. European intervention doesn’t have much to do with Palestinians; it has to do with Europe’s 2,300-year-old opposition to Judaism, the writer charges.

Trump pushing EU to take 'Europe first' approach would benefit Israel, Palestinians

PALESTINIANS MAKE their way between southern and northern Gaza on Sunday after Israeli forces withdrew from the Netzarim Corridor.

EU to tell Israel displaced Gazans must return, offer aid for reconstruction

By REUTERS