Archive for August, 2019

Europe: “Mediterranean Taxis” for People-Smugglers
By August 27, 2019 Read More →

Europe: “Mediterranean Taxis” for People-Smugglers

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has accused European non-governmental organizations of coordinating with human trafficking mafias to pick up migrants off the coast of Libya and transport them to Italian ports.

Posted in: Europe, Italy
Spain: Law on Citizenship for Sephardic Jews Ends in Failure
By August 19, 2019 Read More →

Spain: Law on Citizenship for Sephardic Jews Ends in Failure

A piece of much-heralded legislation to grant Spanish citizenship to up to 3.5 million descendants of Jews expelled from the country in 1492 is about to end in failure.

Posted in: Europe
Germany’s Pro-Iran, Anti-Israel Foreign Policy
By August 11, 2019 Read More →

Germany’s Pro-Iran, Anti-Israel Foreign Policy

A senior German diplomat appointed to head an EU barter system that would enable European companies to sidestep U.S. sanctions on Iran stepped down after giving an interview in which he criticized the existence of Israel and praised Tehran’s ballistic missile program.

Posted in: Europe