The absence from the coalition of most of the major European countries, including Germany, France, Italy, and Spain, is an important and frightening message from the world to Israel.
Israel needs the United States to deter Iran and to refill its arsenals for a war that may take months. But Israel also needs the support of the free world – first and foremost of Europe.
Albania is also known as the only European country that had more Jewish residents after World War II than before it.
The Christian leaders called upon the global community to demonstrate unwavering solidarity with Israel for as long as necessary.
NGOs provide additional efforts to the official channels in a variety of fields, such as defense, national resilience, innovation and energy.
David Siegel is the president of Friends of ELNET, an NGO dedicated to strengthening relations between Israel and Europe based on shared democratic values and strategic interests.
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen met with European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi as his first stop in Brussels on Tuesday.
Historically, Europe played a key role in Israel’s security and economic growth – from the supply of weapons by Czechoslovakia in 1948 to the reparations agreement with Germany in 1952.
Western allies, such as Lithuania, do not believe Israel can remain on the fence when it comes to the Russia-Ukraine war.
Israel's president met with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in a closed meeting on Wednesday.
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