The EU’s Discrimination Against Israel Continues: Housing Demolitions

The skewed reporting of housing demolitions in the West Bank is yet another tool with which the EU engages in blatant discrimination against Israel. But does it help the Palestinians? Readily available information on such demolitions suggests that the EU’s bias hurts them more than it benefits them.

“The Occupation” – How the EU Discriminates Against Israel

Why does the EU single out Israeli “occupation” over other “occupations”? Because anti-Israeli, pro-Palestinian positions are one of the few rallying cries that unite Europe.

The Barring of Eurovision from Jerusalem Is a Win for the BDS Movement

Dr. Shay Attias
May 14, 2019
Paper No. 1172

The €28.5 million Eurovision song contest, which draws 200 million viewers from 42 countries, might seem to be just a huge pop spectacle, but it is a good deal more. In addition to serving as an entertainment vehicle, it is a powerful mechanism of soft power – a tool that is critically important to the modern State of Israel and particularly to the city of Jerusalem. Europe’s refusal to allow the contest to be held in Jerusalem, in contravention of Eurovision’s own rules, constitutes a victory for the BDS movement.

Europe-Israel relations

The EU’s Discrimination Against Israel Continues: Housing Demolitions

“The Occupation” – How the EU Discriminates Against Israel

The Barring of Eurovision from Jerusalem Is a Win for the BDS Movement