New York, December 21st, 2022 – The Forum for Cultural Diplomacy (FCD) marked on Monday the 120th anniversary of the publication of Altneuland, the novel where Theodor Herzl spells out his utopian vision of a future national home for the Jewish people in Palestine. In...
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ECI gives closing remarks at Abraham Accords Global Leadership Summit in Rome – Time to expand the circle of peace!
Rome, December 12th, 2022 – Members of parliament and government, senior diplomats and faith leaders from over thirty countries representing six continents met in Rome on December 8th and 9th for the first Abraham Accords Global Leadership Summit where they committed...
European Report December 2022
The EU-Israel Association Council convened this autumn for the first time in ten years. Are we witnessing a renaissance of the EU-Israel relations? The program host Marco Gombacci is joined in the studio of the European...
ECI celebrates 100th anniversary of the Mandate for Palestine with public lecture and festive reception in the European Parliament
Brussels, November 18th, 2022 – European Coalition for Israel marked the 100th anniversary of the Mandate for Palestine by a special lecture by renowned legal scholar Dr Jacques Gauthier on Wednesday evening in the European Parliament in Brussels. By reminding the...
European Report November 2022
The relevance of the Mandate of Palestine today. What does international law say about the legal status of the state of Israel and the old city of Jerusalem? The program host, ECI Founding Director Tomas Sandell is joined in...
Did you know that Yom Kippur is a UN holiday?
New York, October 6th, 2022 – As of 2016, not only the Jewish world, but all of the United Nations is pausing on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Regarded as the holiest day in the Jewish calendar it often coincides with the high-level week of...
European Report October 2022
Does the EU respect the values that it was built on? Is it defending freedom of religion in Europe, Middle East and the rest of the world? The program host Marco Gombacci is joined in the studio of the European Parliament by...
ECI returns to Jerusalem to wish the Jewish world Shanah Tovah!
Jerusalem, September 23rd, 2022 – After a pause of almost three years caused by the corona pandemic, the European Coalition for Israel returned to Jerusalem last week. During a full week of board meetings and private appointments ECI also met with representatives of...
ECI calls for complete ban on Holocaust denial and antisemitic slur at UN General Debate
New York, September 20th, 2022 – European Coalition for Israel has written to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres to express their concern over recent remarks by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Chilean President Gabriel Boric ahead of...
ECI commends German President Steinmeier for calling upon churches to fight antisemitism
Brussels, September 7th, 2022 – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called upon churches to fight back at antisemitism, pointing out that today antisemitism can take many forms. Recalling the murderous hatred of Jews instigated among Christians and by...
European Report September 2022
125 years after the First Zionist Congress in Basel – what is the next Jewish dream? The program host in the studio of the European Parliament is ECI Founding Director Tomas Sandell. He is joined in the panel by MEP Marco...
125th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress
Webinar from 25 August 2022 on the first Zionists and their significance for today. The moderator, ECI Founding Director Tomas Sandell is joined by historian Philip Steele, co-founder of the Forum for Cultural Diplomacy,...