Brussels, February 26th, 2018 – ECI Founding Director Tomas Sandell has expressed his extreme disappointment to the European Parliament for allowing members of the chamber to host the Palestinian extremist Omar Barghouti at an upcoming seminar within the European...
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US and Europe must work together in recognizing Jerusalem – ECI congratulates President of Guatemala for moral leadership
Washington, D.C., February 12th, 2018 – The European Coalition for Israel has met with US lawmakers and European diplomats in Washington to discuss how transatlantic cooperation in support for Israel could be strengthened. After the US recognition of Jerusalem as the...
ECI statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day: Our concern for the safety of the Jewish communities must include those in Israel
Brussels, January 27th, 2018 – As International Holocaust Remembrance Day is commemorated today, on 27h January, with solemn events around the world, European Coalition for Israel has made a statement calling on the European governments to support the safety and...
ECI joins World Jewish Congress in global social media campaign to remember the Holocaust
Brussels, January 18th, 2018 – European Coalition for Israel has joined an international social media campaign initiated by the World Jewish Congress to remember the victims of the Holocaust. With the campaign, which encourages people to post pictures of themselves...
ECI seminar in London discusses pro-Israel advocacy after Brexit – Passivity is our greatest enemy!
London, January 16th, 2018 – British government support for Israel cannot be taken for granted but needs to be renewed time and time again. It is not the enemies of Israel that pose the greatest threat to this support but rather the passivity of many pro-Israel...
ECI to UN Member States: Israel remains the best guardian for an open and inclusive Jerusalem
Brussels, December 21st, 2017 – The European Coalition for Israel has reached out to the Member States of the United Nations General Assembly ahead of the vote on the draft resolution on the Status of Jerusalem which was approved on Thursday morning in New York by 128...
Angry government reactions against US recognition of Jerusalem and anti-Semitic violence on the streets of Europe
Brussels, December 11th, 2017 – The US decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has caused angry reactions in government circles across Europe as well as anti-Semitic violence on the streets in several European cities over the weekend. “There is a...
100 years since Balfour: What can the EU learn from Israel? – “From Zion shall go forth new technology!”
Brussels, December 7th 2017 – The European Coalition for Israel (ECI) co-hosted an official commemoration event for the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration at the European Parliament on Wednesday, together with the European Christian Political Movement...
ECI welcomes US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital – Calls for prayer for the peace of Jerusalem
Brussels, December 6th, 2017 – The European Coalition for Israel welcomes the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel by the United States of America. “This announcement, whilst long overdue, is a recognition of reality”, ECI Founding Director...
ECI celebrated UN Resolution 181 in New York – Israel was built by human hands as well as hands from heaven
New York, November 29th, 2017 – European Coalition for Israel has been part of a consortium of Jewish organisations which hosted the 70th anniversary of UN General Assembly Resolution 181 at the Queens museum in New York which in 1947 was the headquarters of the newly...
ECI welcomes Prime Minister Netanyahu to Brussels – The State of Israel is the natural partner for Europe
Brussels, November 24th, 2017 – The European Coalition for Israel is delighted to learn that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been invited to Brussels next month for an informal breakfast meeting with EU Foreign Ministers in conjunction with the monthly...
ECI commemorates Balfour 100 in Sweden. “Palestinian rejectionism prevents peace.”
Stockholm, November 3rd, 2017 - ECI Founding Director Tomas Sandell was one of the keynote speakers at the only official Balfour Centenary celebration held in Sweden on Thursday, 2nd November. The current Swedish government came into direct conflict with Israel when,...