Time for Europe and Israel to stand united against terrorism” Paris , 11th January 2015– On Sunday an estimated 4 million people marched in various cities across France in support of the victims of last week´s terror attacks and in defense of freedom of speech and...
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ECI issues open letter as European Parliament and the UN Security Council consider unilateral Palestinian statehood
Brussels, 15th December, 2014 – Having spent the last two weeks at the UN in New York and the EU in Brussels, ECI has sent an open letter to Members of the European Parliament, as well as to members of the UN Security Council, urging them to reconsider a unilateral...
ECI Conference Calls for Immediate EU Action for Persecuted Religious Minorities in the Middle East and a Stop to antisemitism in Europe
Brussels, 24th November, 2014 – The European Coalition for Israel has issued a joint statement to the incoming President of the European Council and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, calling for immediate action in support of the...
ECI missions to Jerusalem and Brussels
- Time for a new chapter in EU-Israel relations Brussels, 18th September, 2014 – As the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, is drawing near and the new five-year term of the European Parliament has just begun, ECI is calling for a new chapter in EU-Israeli relations. Over...
ECI makes urgent appeal on behalf of Iraqi Christians – Religious minorities face common enemy
Brussels, 15th August, 2014 - As Iraqi Christians face an ultimatum to convert, leave or die, ECI is making an urgent appeal to the leaders of the European Union and its citizens to help stop the mass killing of Christians and other religious minorities in northern...
ECI calls on EU Foreign Ministers to condemn Hamas´ use of human shields in Gaza and escalation of anti-semitic violence in Europe
Brussels, 22nd July, 2014 – As the Israeli defense operation Protective Edge reached its third week, the European Coalition for Israel released a statement on Tuesday. It asks the European Union clearly to condemn the war crimes of Hamas which is locating its...
ECI expresses full solidarity with Israel as the nation faces Hamas’ escalating rocket fire from Gaza
New York, 9th July, 2014 – In meetings at the UN in New York, the European Coalition for Israel has condemned the intensifying rocket fire into Israel. In a statement issued in New York on Wednesday, ECI Director Tomas Sandell “strongly condemned the continuing rocket...
ECI mourns death of kidnapped Israeli teenagers
Brussels, 30th June, 2014 - European Coalition for Israel expresses its condolences to the families of the three murdered Israeli teenagers, Gilad Shaar,Naftali Frenkel and Eyal Yifrach. The three students were kidnapped by terrorists on the evening of June 12 as they...
Deadly attack on Jews in Brussels and landslide victory for extremist parties in EU-elections raises concerns in Europe
- ECI calls for increased support for work in Brussels Brussels, 26th May, 2014 – The deadly attack on a Jewish museum in Brussels on Saturday and the landslide victory of extremist and openly anti-Semitic parties in the EU-member states have left a chilling effect on...
ECI calls for active participation in the EU elections
- Help close the door to antisemitism in the European Parliament Brussels, 21st May, 2014 – With one day to go until the EU elections, which start in Britain and the Netherlands on Thursday May 22nd and take place in most other EU-member states on Sunday May 25th, ECI...
65 years of Israeli membership celebrated at ECI luncheon at the UN
- Time to address inequality in the UN by recognising Yom Kippur as a UN holiday New York, 12th May, 2014 – Ambassadors to the UN, officials and guests gathered at a luncheon for 50 at the UN Headquarters in New York on Monday to celebrate the 65th Anniversary of...
San Remo Convocation reaffirms right to Jewish self-determination
San Remo, Italy, 27th April, 2014 - While the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks reached a new low and was officially declared ”on hold”, delegates from many nations gathered at the Royal Hotel in San Remo, Italy, to reaffirm the rights of the Jewish people to...