The trip’s goal was to promote the Jewish state as an influential leader in education, technology, agriculture and medicine. It also allowed participants to immerse themselves in Israel’s culture by touring the Old City of Jerusalem and visiting Yad Vashem.
The missions included meetings with key officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where the diplomats discussed European Union-Israel relations and the labeling of products made in the West Bank and Golan Heights.
Additionally, the visits were crucial in shining a light on the widespread inattention to a growing wave of terrorism targeting Israelis, and provided the diplomats with direct exposure to Israel’s extraordinary security challenges, diverse democracy and global humanitarianism.
Scroll down to immerse yourself in these important missions through expert analysis, official recaps, news coverage and photos. After viewing, please consider a donation to B’nai B’rith International on this Israel Independence Day, so that we can continue to educate and inform people on the Middle East’s only democracy.
Expert Analysis on the Visit
ICHRPP Deputy Director Eric Fusfield On U.N. And MEP Visits To Israel, The Harmful Effects Of Labeling West Bank Goods
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RELATED: B’nai B’rith Highly Disconcerted With Approval Of Guidelines To Label Goods From West Bank
B’nai B’rith International is perturbed that the European Union approved and will soon publish guidelines that European countries can use to label Israeli products produced over the pre-1967 lines. The resolution introducing the guidelines was passed by the European Parliament in September 2015 and is an affirmation of the discriminatory goals of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
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Press Releases and Quotes From B’nai B’rith Leaders on the mission
B’nai B’rith Brings Delegation Of Key United Nations Diplomats
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B’nai B’rith Leads Members Of The European Parliament On A Mission To Israel
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JBS News Update – 2/23/16
JBS News Update covered the B’nai B’rith International trip to Israel with several members of European Parliament.
In the news report, JBS quoted President Gary P. Saltzman on the importance of the visit, saying: “This mission provided an informative and vital experience that permitted members of the European Parliament to recognize that Israel is a dynamic and diverse country with a thriving economy.” |
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Swedish MEP Lars Adaktusson Reflects on his experience
Photos
Photos from the U.N. Mission |
Photos From The MEP Mission |