Helsinki, February 20th, 2023 – The Finnish parliament has reversed its plan to ban religious slaughter as part of a broader overhaul of its animal welfare legislation. After the Constitutional Law Committee voted 10-5 against the ban late last week, the Agricultural...
Brussels, January 30th, 2023 – Seven Jews were killed outside a synagogue in Jerusalem late on Friday night by a 21-year-old Palestinian terrorist while the international community had just concluded the marking of International Holocaust Remembrance Day with...
Brussels, January 17th, 2023 – With only ten days to go before the International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27 European Coalition for Israel is reaching out to its constituency with a unique Holocaust education webinar produced by young people for young...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Brussels, August 25th, 2022 – ECI will mark the 125th Anniversary of the First Zionist Congress with an educational webinar later today Thursday, 25th August, which will elaborate on the significance of Zionism today. In an article in the Times of Israel today, ECI...
Brussels, August 8th, 2022 – Israel´s right to defend itself was once more affirmed by world powers as they issued statements about the recent conflict between Israel and the Iran backed terrorist organization Islamic Jihad over the weekend. In a statement on Monday...