Jerusalem, September 12th, 2023 – European Coalition for Israel is marking the Jewish New Year and the Jewish High Holidays with a special social media campaign. Initiated in 2021 as a Celebrate Israel Marathon, with six hours of live content from all continents, this...
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ECI calls on EU member states to recognize Jerusalem as Papua New Guinea is the fifth country to open embassy in Israel’s capital
Jerusalem, September 7th, 2023. European Coalition for Israel was the only representative from Europe to be present when Papua New Guinea inaugurated its embassy in Jerusalem on Tuesday night, the fifth country to do so after most embassies relocated to Tel Aviv in...
Geneva marks 22nd anniversary of Durban conference – ECI calls on Iranian Chair of upcoming Social Summit to step down to restore faith in the UNHRC
Jerusalem, September 1st, 2023 – As the infamous UN World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance marks its 22nd anniversary in Geneva, ECI Founding Director Tomas Sandell notes that “the path to hell is paved with good...
ECI appalled at one-sided EP recommendation which calls for the release of Palestinian terrorists
Brussels, June 28th, 2023 – European Coalition for Israel expresses its great disappointment with the one-sided recommendation on EU relations with the Palestinian Authority which passed the European Parliament´s Committee on Foreign Relations with only minor...
ECI welcomes launch of new Abraham Accords network in the European Parliament
Brussels, June 2nd, 2023 – The European Parliament has launched a new initiative to support the diplomatic normalisation process between Israel and the Arab world, the so-called Abraham Accords. The announcement was made by the President of the European Parliament,...
ECI joins global prayer initiative with urgent appeal to say no to antisemitism
Geneva, May 8th, 2023 – European Coalition for Israel joined on Sunday a global prayer initiative for Israel, called Isaiah 62 Fast, with an urgent appeal to the worldwide church community to say no to antisemitism by adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance...
First-ever MEP vote ranking for Israel support – Political orientation determines voting pattern on Israel
Brussels, April 26th, 2023 – It is political ideology and, to a lesser extent, nationality that determine how a particular Member of the European Parliament will cast his vote on issues related to Israel. This is one of the takeaways in a first ever study on the...
ECI mourns the victims of recent terror attack in Israel – Religious holidays should be a time to celebrate life not spread terror and murder
New York, April 12th, 2023 – For the first time in over thirty years the religious holidays of Pesach, Easter and Ramadan have converged over the same weekend. In no city is this convergence more visible than in Jerusalem, a city holy for all the three monotheistic...
Israeli unrest part of a growing trend – The EU should not point fingers but rather strengthen its support for Israel
Brussels, March 30th, 2023 – The current unrest in Israel as expressed in the growing opposition to the proposed judicial reform is not anything exceptional for Israel but is rather part of a global trend of polarisation and distrust in Western democracies. The EU...
The EU draws closer to the Abraham Accords. Peace is possible – if it can happen in Europe it can also happen in the Middle East
Brussels, March 9th, 2023 – The European Coalition for Israel marked its 20th anniversary on Wednesday, 8th of March by inviting some of the key stakeholders behind the Abraham Accords to a special symposium in the European Parliament in Brussels to discuss how Europe...
ECI to celebrate 20th anniversary on a positive note – The Abraham Accords are a beacon of light in a world in crisis
Brussels, March 6th, 2023 – European Coalition for Israel will mark its 20th anniversary with a festive dinner tomorrow Tuesday evening in Brussels followed by a policy conference in the European Parliament on Wednesday morning. The festivities will coincide with the...
ECI applauds Finnish Parliament’s decision to reverse plan to ban religious slaughter
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...