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Although Israel is geographically located in Asia, the self-described “Jewish state” has emphasized its Europeanness whenever it has suited it to do so. It has been allowed to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest since 1973, as the Israeli Broadcasting Authority has been a member of the European Broadcasting Union since 1957. Israeli soccer clubs began playing in European competitions in 1991 and Israel became a member of UEFA in 1994. Even more importantly, in the political sphere, Tel Aviv’s recent major political step towards realizing its apparent desire of becoming a fully-fledged European state has passed under the radar of the media.
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/04/27/likud-becomes-a-regional-member-of-the-european-parliament/

Report claims links between EU pro-Israel lobby and 'Islamophobic' groups

Right-wing pro-Israel lobby groups have sought to establish a "firm presence" in Brussels to promote Israeli interests in EU states and suppress criticism of Israel's treatment of Palestinians, according to a report released in London Friday.

The investigation, conducted by UK-based campaigning organisation Public Interest Investigations/Spinwatch and published by the EuroPal Forum, says groups linked to "extremist settler" and "Islamophobic" movements in the US have made inroads in the seat of EU power.

The EuroPal Forum is a lobbying organisation advocating Palestinian rights and working to raise awareness about Palestinian issues.

The report says that a host of businessmen and activists have funded numerous organisations in Europe to press media into adopting pro-Israeli positions, lobby politicians and promote campaigns against Islamic extremism.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-lobby-eu-58715472

Zionism and anti-Semitism

This is not really one question, but four … Let me start with their core. Zionism is what it has been from its beginning, more than 100 years ago: in its essence it is a political project, the project of colonising Palestine by Jews and turning it into a nation-state with an overwhelming Jewish majority. Israel is both a product of this project and an instrument for its further continuation, because the project is not yet at an end: the colonisation of Palestine is proceeding in full swing. And Israel is faced with what Zionists call a ‘demographic peril’: there are ‘too many’ Palestinian Arabs in Palestine and not enough Jews to secure an overwhelming majority.2

Der Author Moshé Machover ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosh%C3%A9_Machover

http://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1105/zionism-and-anti-semitism/

Who's allowed to talk about 1930s Germany?

IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Yair Golan raised a small storm when he said at a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony Wednesday evening: ”If there’s something that frightens me about Holocaust remembrance it’s the recognition of the revolting processes that occurred in Europe in general, and particularly in Germany, back then – 70, 80 and 90 years ago – and finding signs of them here among us today in 2016.”

A few weeks earlier, MK Haneen Zoabi said in response to an invitation to attend a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony: “How can you teach the lessons of the Holocaust when you don’t discern the frightening similarity between what is happening today all around us and what happened in Germany in the 1930s?”
http://972mag.com/whos-allowed-to-talk-about-1930s-germany/119087/

Israel close to signing gas agreement with Turkey

Israel is closer than ever to signing an agreement to export natural gas to Turkey, according to reports in the Turkish and global press and statements by Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy, and Water Resources Yuval Steinitz in an interview at the end of last week with the "Bloomberg" news agency. Turkey wants to consume half of the quantity of gas in the Leviathan gas reservoir, starting in 2020. In the second stage, gas may be transported from Turkey to Europe through a pipeline.
http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-israel-close-to-signing-gas-agreement-with-turkey-1001122833