Europe and israel

Israelis are angry at Europe, yet still drawn to it - opinion

Since the Hamas-led terrorist attacks on October 7, 2023, relations between Israel and several European Union member states have entered one of their most difficult periods in recent memory.

AUGUST 5, 2026|BySHARON PARDO

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa is welcomed by European Council President Charles Michel in Brussels, Belgium May 26, 2024.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt sign a cybersecurity agreement between Israel and Germany.

Germany opposes EU trade embargo on West Bank settlements, freezes latest attack against Israel

Pro-Palestinians in the EU have so far failed in their demand to suspend the EU's association agreement with Israel, or to harm trade with the Jewish state

JULY 15, 2026|ByASSAF UNI/GLOBES/TNS

An illustrative image of Israeli and the European Union flags with a division between them.

A hotter Europe needs Israeli science - opinion

The recent heat dome that swept across the continent pushed temperatures to record levels, strained electricity grids, disrupted transport, and forced governments to issue public health warnings.

JULY 12, 2026|BySHARON PARDO

Containers carrying goods from the United Arab Emirates, which entered Israel on an MSC cargo ship, are unloaded with a cargo crane bearing Israeli and Emirati flags at Haifa's port, northern Israel October 12, 2020

'Israel must not lose this opportunity': Former Biden official warns about Israel's role in IMEC

Samantha Sutton, a fellow at the Atlantic Council and former Director at the US National Security Council, spoke to the Post on the sidelines of an IMEC Initiative workshop hosted in Haifa.

JULY 5, 2026|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

Technion faculty members win prestigious EU awards

Two professors from the Technion won a total of $3.7 million in grants awarded by the European Research Council.

JANUARY 18, 2021ByGADI ZAIG

Portuguese FM to visit Jerusalem, Ramallah prior to EU Council Presidency

Portuguese Foreign Minister Santos Silva is due to visit Jerusalem on Monday and Ramallah on Tuesday to advance Israeli-Portuguese relations.

DECEMBER 20, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

Reuven Rivlin (right) holds a working meeting with Portuguese Foreign Minister Prof. Augusto Santos Silva in Jerusalem

A window of opportunity in Israel-EU Relations

Israel’s previous government often maligned the EU, depicted it as hostile to Israel, and encouraged division among its member states.

OCTOBER 8, 2020ByNIMROD GOREN

FOREIGN MINISTER GABI ASHKENAZI meets with his German counterpart Heiko Maas at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on June 10.

Seven European nations warn annexation will harm their ties with Israel

French Ambassador to the UN in in New York Nicolas de Rivière said that "any annexation" would "constitute a clear violation of international law."

JUNE 24, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

European leaders virtually meet on June 24, 2020

What will Israel lose if Europe boots it from the Horizon program?

Economic sanctions on Israel will be a tough sell for the group of countries that has been weighing it, because it requires unanimity and several have already said they oppose the measure.

JUNE 24, 2020ByLAHAV HARKOV