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– Holocaust denial is unacceptable for the EU, says EU-parliament president

Pan-European campaign to raise awareness about the Holocaust culminated with Commemoration event in the European Parliament in Brussels

Brussels 30 January 2008 – A pan-European campaign, initiated by the European Coalition for Israel, with the objective of raising awareness about the Holocaust culminated on Monday 28 January with an official commemoration event in the European Parliament in Brussels. At the event European Parliament president Hans-Gert Pöttering spoke alongside deputy foreign minister of Israel Majalli Whbee, the president of the European Jewish Congress Moshe Kantor as well as the chairman of the European Coalition for Israel, Helmut Specht.

ECI raises concern over lack of religious freedom

The European Coalition for Israel raises concern over lack of religious freedom in Palestinian controlled territories

Brussels, 21 December, 2007 - The European Coalition for Israel has raised the issue of religious freedom in the Middle East in their annual Christmas greeting to the president of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso and the president of the European Parliament Hans-Gert Pöttering.

Record number of churches to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27

President of the European Parliament to speak at key event in Brussels

Brussels 1 November 2007 – A record number of local churches in Europe are expected to commemorate the International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday 27 January 2008. The Remembrance Day, which was initiated by the European Parliament already in 2000 and supported by a declaration of the United Nations in 2005, was first introduced to church communities in Europe a year ago by the European Coalition for Israel. The Coalition brings together organizations and churches which seek to foster better relations between Europe and Israel, commemorate the Holocaust and inform about new forms of anti-Semitism.