Alex Benjamin

The author is the director of EIPA: Europe Israel Public Affairs, a multi-disciplined pro-Israel advocacy group based in Brussels, with offices in Paris and Berlin.

AUSCHWITZ

The ordinariness of Auschwitz

MEMBERS OF the European Parliament meet in Strasbourg.

The EU and UNRWA

BRITISH LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves after delivering his keynote speech at the party’s annual conference in Brighton in September 2015. (

About Corbyn


The malaise at the heart of Europe

“Would you mind removing your kippa for security reasons?”

Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount for Jerusalem Day, May 13, 2018

Cuts to EU populists will affect us in a big, big way

You may wonder what any of the above has to do with Israel and Jews. Trust me, this is the most significant development in Europe for us in a very, very long time.

HUNGARY’S PRIME Minister Viktor Orban arrives for a Visegrad Group meeting in Brussels.

The delusion of return

It’s difficult not to feel sympathy with the stated Palestinian position of wanting to “return home.”

A Palestinian girl drinks from a public tap at the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip

Iran wants Israel off the map

You can dress the JCPOA any way you like, but you still come back to the same truth: Iran wants Israel gone.

Iranian cleric Ayatollah Seyed Ahmad Khatami delivers a sermon during Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran, May 26, 2017.

Stop applauding Mahmoud Abbas

The EU is sending out a simple message: our money is conditional, so why is Abbas exempt?

European High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini welcomes Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Brussels, Belgium

Why we must always ‘use’ the Holocaust

Do I “use” the holocaust? You bet. And you know what? We all should. Every day, when it comes to Israel.

THEN-PRIME MINISTER Ehud Olmert (right), foreign minister Tzipi Livni and defense minister Ehud Barak attend a special session in the Knesset marking Holocaust Remembrance Day in 2008.

BDS and the Polish Holocaust law: A lesson in EU inconsistency

Say what you like about the Polish government (and believe me I have), but at least it has had the good grace to consult and seek to repair the damage.

POLAND’S PRIME Minister Mateusz Morawiecki

Poland revels in poking at the dying embers of Jew hatred

We shudder to think what could possibly come out of Poland next, a country that is well and truly positioning itself outside of the pale.

Protesters light flares and carry Polish flags during a rally, organised by far-right, nationalist groups, to mark 99th anniversary of Polish independence in Warsaw, Poland November 11, 2017

Changing the UNRWA narrative

THE GATE of an UNRWA office in Gaza.

Palestinian leaders need to have ‘that’ Santa conversation with their people

I’m not comparing the Palestinian population to children, but certainly their leadership is selling their own version of the Santa story to them.

 Introductory Poster, UN Nakba Exhibit, Palais des Nations, Geneva, 2014