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(JTA) – The European Union’s highest court has upheld Belgium’s bans on slaughtering animals without first stunning them, a ruling that confirms the prohibition on the production of kosher and halal meat in parts of Belgium and clears a path for additional bans across Europe. Israel’s ambassador to Belgium called the ruling “a blow to…
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Fast Forward EU Gave Nearly $5.7 Million To NGOs That Promote Israel Boycotts
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The European Union gave nearly $5.7 million to organizations that promote boycotts against Israel in 2017 and 2018, a new Israeli government report found. The money has gone to at least 10 nongovernmental organizations, including one based in Gaza, according to the report titled “The Money Trail: 2nd Edition,” released Wednesday by the…
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Fast Forward EU Freezes $17M In Palestinian Aid Over Textbook Incitement Against Israel
(JTA) — A European Parliament committee voted to freeze more than $17 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority over incitement against Israel in its textbooks. The Budgetary Committee’s bill is an amendment to the European Union’s draft budget, which will go to a plenary vote in late October. If the budget passes, the EU will withhold…
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Fast Forward EU Leader Cancels Israel Trip After Netanyahu Scraps Meeting
JERUSALEM (JTA) — European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini canceled a visit to Jerusalem after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said he could not meet with her due to “scheduling reasons.” Mogherini has been scheduled to speak Monday at the American Jewish Committee’s Global Forum meeting in Jerusalem. She was to come to Jerusalem…
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Fast Forward ‘We Should Give Peace A Chance,’ Netanyahu Tells EU Foreign Ministers
(JTA) — Israel is open to seeing what kind of peace plan the United States will put forward, Benjamin Netanyahu said. “I think we should give peace a chance. I think we should see what is presented and see if we can advance this peace. But if we have to begin it, I would say…
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Fast Forward Europe-Funded Group Boasts About Obtaining Arrest Warrant For Livni
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — An organization that allocates European funding to Palestinian human rights groups boasted of initiating war crimes charges in Britain against Tzipi Livni, Israel’s former foreign minister. The Ramallah-based Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Secretariat — a platform created by the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland – noted in its 2016 annual…
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