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AJC Transatlantic Institute Deeply Concerned over Weak European Parliament Iran Report
Brussels – 6 October 2016 – The AJC Transatlantic Institute is deeply concerned over the failure of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee to mention let alone criticize in its Iran report Tehran’s anti-Semitic propaganda and repeated calls for the destruction...
Jan Jambon Discusses Israel's Support to Belgium after the 2016 Brussels Attacks
Watch the Belgian Interior Minister, Jan Jambon, discuss at our event in with EU40 "Security in the Age of Terrorism" how Belgium was inspired by Israeli expertise.
Shortly after the Brussels Attacks in March 2016, Israeli security experts...
AJC Deplores Abbas Speech to European Parliament, Refusal to Meet Israeli President Rivlin in Brussels
New York – June 23, 2016 – AJC, an organization that has spent decades seeking to advance Arab-Israeli peace, decried Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s incendiary address against Israel before the European Parliament, as well as his refusal...
EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini Addresses AJC Global Forum
On 6 June 2016, EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini delivered a major policy address at the AJC Global Forum.
Her Remarks can be found here:
Dear friends,
It is such an honour for me to join this Global Forum. When I think of the speakers in the past...
European Commission Agreement with Social Media Companies on Hate Speech
Brussels – 31 May 2016 – The AJC Transatlantic Institute welcomes the agreement the European Commission reached today with social media companies on combating illegal hate speech. The signatories to this code of conduct commit themselves to accept EU law...
MEP Martina Anderson Calls Israelis a "Rash"
MEP Martina Anderson yesterday likened the presence of Israelis in the European Parliament to "a rash". The incident occurred at a meeting organized by the far-left European Parliamentary Group European United Left/Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL).
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Daniel Schwammenthal Addresses European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with Iraq
Upon the invitation of the chair of the European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with Iraq, MEP David Campbell-Bannerman, TAI Director Daniel Schwammenthal detailed recent developments in Iran-Iraq relations in light of the JCPOA (Joint and Comprehensive Plan of Action...
Saad on Radicalism and Terrorism in Europe
In the aftermath of the terror attacks that shook Brussels in March 2016, Chief Commissioner of the Brussels Police, Saad Amrani, analyses the roots of Islamic radicalism in Europe and how the ideology is rapidly finding new followers among young Muslims. ...
Video: Dr. Peter Spoor on EU-Israel Counter-Terrorism Cooperation
Dr. Peter Spoor, Advisor to EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, discusses the deepening cooperation between the EU and Israel on combating terrorism. The interview was filmed on the sidelines of the European-Israeli Dialogue on National Security and Regional Stability on 3 May...
Ambassador David Walzer on EU-Israel Relations
On the sidelines of the European-Israeli Dialogue on National Security and Regional Stability on 3 May 2016, Amb. David Walzer outlines his vision of EU-Israel relations. These should involve, but by no means be limited to, collaborating on fighting the common threat of...