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Israel hits back as France leads eight EU states in recognising Palestine
A group of eight EU countries, led by France, will formally recognise a Palestinian state in September, a move quickly denounced by Israel as rewarding “jihadist terrorists”.
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Israel hits back as France leads eight EU states in recognising Palestine
A group of eight EU countries, led by France, will formally recognise a Palestinian state in September, a move quickly denounced by Israel as rewarding “jihadist terrorists”. Read on »
No EU majority yet for suspending Israel from Horizon programme
EU member states failed to agree on suspending Israel's access to the bloc’s Horizon research programme during a meeting on Tuesday — despite growing criticism over Israel’s military actions in Gaza.Read on »
EU tariff deal to buy US energy 'not credible' and 'implausible', critics say
Under the tariffs agreement with the US announced earlier this week, the EU committed to purchasing $750bn [€650bn] worth of US liquified natural gas (LNG) and nuclear fuel over three years — a move critics say is unrealistic and threatens Europe’s green transition.Read on »
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Germany's Muslims and IsraelOpinion
Fear of prosecution and legal consequences, including possible loss of citizenship, has led many German Muslims to avoid publicly criticising the government’s stance on Israel’s military actions and civilian casualties in Gaza — despite it being a major concern within Muslim migrant communities. Read on »
Gaza is teaching us painful lessons about Europe and the worldColumn
The EU will never be able to live down the fact that, through its inaction, it has collectively offered blanket support to Israel for months. This collective moral abdication, refusal to suspend the EU-Israel association agreement and continued arms sales have triggered a crisis of EU legitimacy, writes Shada Islam.Read on »
Listen: Israel denies starvation in Gaza as the EU proposes symbolic sanctionsPodcast
In this episode, Evi Kiorri exposes how Israel’s claims about aid and civilian safety are being contradicted by humanitarian organisations and even by Western leaders.Read on »
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Ukrainian Nobel Prize winner: what are European countries waiting for?Interview
Activist Oleksandra Matwijtschuk has called on European countries to use the €300bn in Russian frozen assets to rebuild Ukraine, warning that the risk is fueling Putin's war machine. Read on »
Starvation as a weapon: what Gaza’s empty plates reveal about the warOpinion
Children are dying not only from airstrikes, but from dehydration and malnutrition. Entire communities have been forcibly displaced into narrow pockets of southern Gaza, only to find aid arbitrarily delayed, often for days or weeks. In some areas, only one meal a day reaches tens of thousands of people. Elsewhere, nothing arrives at all. Read on »
EU budget funds merger plan raises alarm over farmers' payments and nature funding
The EU plans to merge cohesion and agriculture funds into a single pot under a new budget proposal, sparking concerns over uncertainty for farmers and cuts to nature funding.Read on »
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