Sanremo, Italy, April 25th, 2019 – The European Coalition for Israel has marked the 99th anniversary of the San Remo Resolution which paved the way for the declaration of independence of the modern State of Israel in 1948. In a small ceremony in Sanremo on Thursday,...
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The United Nations pauses to reflect on the miracle of Passover
New York, April 17th, 2019 – UN ambassadors and senior diplomats from around the world came together at the UN headquarters in New York for a traditional mock Passover Seder to learn and reflect on the message of the “Exodus” as Jews around the world were preparing...
ECI welcomes announcement by Romania of embassy move to Jerusalem – “Right thing to do for a nation which has historically preserved its diplomatic relations with Israel despite outside pressure”
Washington D.C., March 25th, 2019 – Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă announced the intention to move the Romanian embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington D.C. on Sunday. Together with the...
ECI calls out Israel bashing at UN rally in Geneva
Geneva, March 20th, 2019 – ECI Founding Director Tomas Sandell called on all European members of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva to denounce the anti-Israel bias in the work of the UN body which meets in Geneva this week for its first session...
With ten weeks to go to the EU-elections, ECI launches Pray and Vote campaign to mobilize Christian electorate in Europe
Brussels, March 15th, 2019 – With only ten weeks to go to the European Parliament elections on May 23-26, the European Coalition for Israel is launching a pan-European campaign to motivate, mobilize and inform the Christian electorate to pray and vote in the upcoming...
ECI invited to national pro-Israel consultation in Poland – Polish-Israeli bonds are unbreakable despite current diplomatic crisis
Kielce, February 26th, 2019 – “The current diplomatic crisis between Poland and Israel does not affect our support and friendship with the Jewish people and the State of Israel”, Polish pro-Israel leader Edward Cwierz said at a national conference in Kielce, in...
ECI joins national demonstration against antisemitism in Paris – Expressing appreciation of our Jewish communities in the public domain is the best antidote to antisemitism
Paris, February 20th, 2019 – This week the European Coalition for Israel made a solidarity visit to Paris, following a week of unprecedented acts of anti-Semitic violence and vandalism in the French capital which culminated on Sunday with an open assault on the French...
ECI visits Washington ahead of Warsaw summit – Europe and the US must work together to fight international terrorism and antisemitism
Washington D.C, February 11th, 2019 – The European Coalition for Israel met with US government officials in Washington D.C. ahead of this week’s Polish-US sponsored Warsaw summit meeting to stress the need to work together in order to fight international terrorism and...
ECI calls for more coherent EU-policy to combat antisemitism ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27th
Brussels, January 24th, 2019 – ECI has called for a more coherent EU-policy to combat antisemitism, which must also include Jews living in Israel, in order to clamp down on the spread of antisemitism in Europe. ECI Founding Director Tomas Sandell made his remarks at a...