Since Hamas brutally murdered 1,200 Israelis and others and kidnapped more than 240 on Oct. 7, some European governments have reliably supported Israel through six months of war, while others have been consistently critical. Meanwhile, anti-Israel demonstrations have become common across the continent. CIE’s 26th weekly webinar on the Israel-Hamas war on April 10 examines the state of European-Israeli relations with Joan Ryan, the executive director of the British wing of the European Leadership Network and a former member of Parliament; scholar Colin Shindler, emeritus professor at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies; and Raouf Leeraar, Israel and Middle East policy adviser to the Netherlands’ Center for Information and Documentation Israel and an IDF veteran. Moderating the discussion is Dr. Ken Stein, CIE’s president and an Emory University emeritus professor of Middle East history, political science and Israel studies.
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