Strasbourg

October 24, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

European lawmakers demand sanctions on Iran for human rights abuses

Members of the European Parliament have called on trade conditions with Iran to hinge on Tehran improving its appalling human rights record. “Iran is a country where women are imprisoned for being women,”...

November 30, 2018 | Aykan Erdemir |

AKP Eyes Alevi Voters – Again and to No Avail

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the state should pay the...

February 19, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

German neo-Nazi party in EU parliament says it is ‘on the side of Iran”

Germany's largest neo-Nazi party NPD declared at a European parliament debate last month in Strasbourg that his party fully supports the Islamic Republic of Iran and wants all sanctions lift...

May 31, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

PayPal terminates anti-Israel BDS France account

PayPal, a global leader in online payment services, blocked payments to the anti-Israel movement Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) chapter in France in May. The Jerusalem Post confirm...

May 20, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Exclusive: Major French bank closes anti-Israel BDS account

The massive French bank Credit Mutuel shut down the account of La Campagne BDS France amid escalating criticism over the illegal practices of supporting financial transactions that target Israel...

May 11, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

How New York can help stop Europe’s rampaging Israel boycotters

Co-written by Asaf Romirowsky In America, the odious boycott, divestment and sanctions movement targeting Israel remains largely confined to university humanities departments, l...

December 3, 2015 | Aykan Erdemir |

Erdoğan Gags Turkey

In May 2015, soon after Can Dündar was appointed as editor-in-chief of Turkey’s center-left Cumhuriyet daily, he made journalism history by ...

November 21, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

From al Qaeda in Italy to Ansar al Sharia Tunisia

Two convicted members of an al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group in Italy are now senior members of Ansar al Sharia Tunisia. The pair, Sami Ben Khemais Essid and Mehdi Kammoun, were arrested in 20...

August 31, 2012 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

A Bad Joke: The Sad Reality of Jews in Europe

On Sunday, 27 countries across Europe will celebrate the annual European Day of Jewish Culture 2012. What begun in 1996, near Strasbourg, France, as a local effort to open abandoned and...

March 20, 2012 | James Kirchick Foreign Policy

Hungary’s Pit Bull Prime Minister

How one of Europe’s most celebrated anti-communists become the bad boy of the continent.

August 6, 2008 |

Extradition Delayed Is Justice Denied

He arrived in Europe with great fanfare: an inspiring young leader from a foreign land who spoke with passion about change and social justice. And Europe answered the...

January 1, 2007 | Andrew McCarthy The New Criterion

Is The Nation State Threatened?

 “Is the Nation State Threatened?” This question, though apt, may fail to convey how dire the threat to sovereignty truly is. It might be better to ask, “Is the Nation Stat...